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David Steel Suspended By Liberal Democrats Over Cyril Smith Remarks
//The Liberal Democrats have suspended former leader David Steel over remarks he made to a child abuse inquiry about the late MP Cyril Smith.
Lord Steel said he asked Smith in 1979 about claims he abused boys at a Rochdale hostel in the 1960s.
He said he came away from the conversation "assuming" that Smith had committed the offences but claimed it was "nothing to do with me".//
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Lord Steel said he asked Smith in 1979 about claims he abused boys at a Rochdale hostel in the 1960s.
He said he came away from the conversation "assuming" that Smith had committed the offences but claimed it was "nothing to do with me".//
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You would have thought Steel would have lied to the enquiry. I can't believe (though i watched him do it) that he sat there and said that he didn't realise that Smith was still abusing boys and that, as the grossly obese Smith was not in the Liberal Party, it had "nothing to do with me." The suspension should soon be followed by an expulsion, imho.
here's a news report from 2014:-
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odd that no-one said anything at that time - although as Lord Steel pointed out, "These allegations were already very old, 10 to 15 years old. They had been investigated by the police, as Private Eye stated, and no action had been taken on them. So there was nothing more I could do".
not condoning, but why the furore only now, many years after the event?
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odd that no-one said anything at that time - although as Lord Steel pointed out, "These allegations were already very old, 10 to 15 years old. They had been investigated by the police, as Private Eye stated, and no action had been taken on them. So there was nothing more I could do".
not condoning, but why the furore only now, many years after the event?
Old_Geezer - // Terrible; but I guess there wasn't proof. If the cops investigated and then nothing... //
We will never know - but given the fact that Smith confessed, Steele was bound to report what he had been told, not as a political leader who uses the fact that Smith was not in his party - but as a human being, and the fact that Smith belongs to the same human race.
That's all the 'justification' you need to tell someone what is going on.
We will never know - but given the fact that Smith confessed, Steele was bound to report what he had been told, not as a political leader who uses the fact that Smith was not in his party - but as a human being, and the fact that Smith belongs to the same human race.
That's all the 'justification' you need to tell someone what is going on.
// /and became the leader in 1976 after Jeremy Thorpe, who later stood trial for conspiracy and incitement to murder.//
and steel on hearing of C Smith thought - no I have done all that, and I am not sitting thro it all again
I have had a few "been there-done that and not again" moments....no indeedy.
and steel on hearing of C Smith thought - no I have done all that, and I am not sitting thro it all again
I have had a few "been there-done that and not again" moments....no indeedy.
Lord Steel, 80, told the inquiry he discussed the allegations with Smith in 1979, after an article appeared in Private Eye.
Lord Steel said he had "assumed" that Smith had committed the offences,
Lord Steel also described recommending Smith for a knighthood in 1988
What The Funicular
Hang your head in shame Davis Steel.
Lord Steel said he had "assumed" that Smith had committed the offences,
Lord Steel also described recommending Smith for a knighthood in 1988
What The Funicular
Hang your head in shame Davis Steel.
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