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| − | Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The ''Daily Mail'' suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a [[promiscuous]] mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606472/A-promiscuous-mother-childhood-taunts-turned-Cyril-Smith-twisted-predator.html A promiscuous mother and the childhood taunts that turned Cyril Smith into a twisted predator ]</ref> Smith's father | + | Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The ''Daily Mail'' suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a [[promiscuous]] mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606472/A-promiscuous-mother-childhood-taunts-turned-Cyril-Smith-twisted-predator.html A promiscuous mother and the childhood taunts that turned Cyril Smith into a twisted predator ]</ref> The identity of Smith's father is uncertain though Smith himself believed he knew who his father was. |
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
Revision as of 20:40, February 5, 2023
| Cyril Smith | |
Member of Parliament for Rochdale
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| In office 28 October 1972 – 16 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Jack McCann |
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| Succeeded by | Liz Lynne |
| Born | 28 June 1928 Rochdale, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Religion | Unitarian |
Cyril Smith (1928-2010) was a British pedophile who also worked as a politician. He targeted vulnerable young boys in care homes, with the youngest being 8 years old. The sexual predator was described in 2010 by then Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg as "a beacon" of the party.[1]
Numerous attempts to hold Smith accountable for the complaints made against him were blocked. As stated by the Manchester Evening News, the establishment were aware of Smith's crimes and covered them up.[2] According to detective Jack Tasker, Smith was never prosecuted because of fears it would expose other child abusers within the political establishment.[3]
Early life
Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The Daily Mail suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a promiscuous mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".[4] The identity of Smith's father is uncertain though Smith himself believed he knew who his father was.
Political career
At the 1970 UK general election, Smith failed to win the parliamentary seat of Rochdale for the Liberal Party, coming 2nd place.
Smith was elected to the House of Commons after won the a by-election in Rochdale on 26 October 1972 with 42% of the constituency vote.
In May 1979, some of the first accusations of sexual assault against Smith emerged. Rochdale Alternative Press, an underground magazine in Smith's home town, published accusations that Smith had spanked and sexually assaulted young boys at a hostel he co-founded.
Allegations
Among the chief deniers of the accusations made against Smith was fellow Liberal MP David Steel, who is also infamous for legalising the murder of unborn children in the UK.
References
- ↑ Paedophile Liberal MP Abused at Least 144 Children
- ↑ The establishment knew Cyril Smith was abusing children but covered it up, damning inquiry finds
- ↑ Cyril Smith was spared court because he would have exposed other high-profile child abusers says former police detective
- ↑ A promiscuous mother and the childhood taunts that turned Cyril Smith into a twisted predator