Patrick Eston

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Patrick Eston is a British politician and leader of the Veritas party.

Patrick Eston is a conservatory manufacturer from Atherstone in Warwickshire with two sons, Steven and Damian, and a dog, as featured on Patrick's Christmas card to members of Veritas.

Before joining Veritas, he was a leading member of the Senior Citizens Party, standing for the party as a candidate in the European Parliament Elections 2004 [1], before leaving to briefly join The New Party. He joined Veritas on its formation and was the first Veritas Party secretary and second party Chairman. In 2005 he stood unsuccessfully for the constituency of Tamworth, losing his deposit.

[edit] Leadership of Veritas

On 29 July 2005, following the resignation of party leader Robert Kilroy-Silk, Patrick Eston became acting leader of Veritas [2]. In September he was elected to the post of party leader on a turnout of only 22% of Veritas members. A fresh NEC was formed in October. He announced what he described as a new direction for Veritas, stating "No longer will we be considered a rump of UKIP, we have a broad range of aims, ambitions and policies. We are now after a 3 month period of reorganisation raising our game."

The NEC started a reconsideration of what were the party's core values, which were published on the party's revamped website in April 2006. Veritas contacted similar organisations such as UKIP and the English Democrats with a view to future co-operation.