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[Just like Jimmy Savile - whom he
counted as a friend - Cyril Smith used
his public image as a shield while manipulating
his way into positions of influence
over vulnerable young people he
then ruthlessly abused. Above, Smith (bottom left)
with children outside the House of Commons]

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[The Liberal Party, bruised by the
negative publicity surrounding the 1979
conspiracy to murder trial of its leader
Jeremy Thorpe (right) and aware of
Smith's 'electoral Midas touch',
was eager to sweep the problems under the carpet]




The Liberal Party - not good in the 1970's