New Posts For Thread: 'Cyril Smith would have brought down the Goverment'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment... if they'd prosecuted him back in the 1960's when he was first uncovered as a pedophile - they just said in the news on the radio.Thats how he escaped then - must've had a hell of a lot of dirt on the great and the good of the time, to have sway lGood afternoon, Alun. Glad you enjoyed it, sir.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974775#543974775Good afternoon, Alun. Glad you enjoyed it, sir.Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:02:10 -0500PM, it was widely reported at the time. btw, really enjoyed "McGoorty"regards etchttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974717#543974717PM, it was widely reported at the time. btw, really enjoyed "McGoorty"regards etcTue, 17 Mar 2015 10:56:36 -0500Did David Steele really say something along the lines of "don't see what the fuss is about, he only spanked a few bare bottoms" or was that just made up?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974685#543974685Did David Steele really say something along the lines of "don't see what the fuss is about, he only spanked a few bare bottoms" or was that just made up?Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:52:06 -0500tongue in cheek,alun,but funny how some at the top got their misdemeanours covered up & some didnt.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974677#543974677tongue in cheek,alun,but funny how some at the top got their misdemeanours covered up & some didnt.Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:50:20 -0500That's the first time I've seen the words "unlucky" and "harmless" appearing in the same sentence as Jeremy Thorpe.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974597#543974597That's the first time I've seen the words "unlucky" and "harmless" appearing in the same sentence as Jeremy Thorpe.Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:44:47 -0500poor old jeremy thorpe was a bit unlucky really,with all this other stuff going on he was relatively harmless.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974503#543974503poor old jeremy thorpe was a bit unlucky really,with all this other stuff going on he was relatively harmless.Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:33:29 -0500the buy-off's bought the offenders time, but things usually get out in the end. Big Cyril was unusually successful - played his cards exactly the same way Jimmy Savile did it. Those two got away with it completelyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974473#543974473the buy-off's bought the offenders time, but things usually get out in the end. Big Cyril was unusually successful - played his cards exactly the same way Jimmy Savile did it. Those two got away with it completelyTue, 17 Mar 2015 10:29:28 -0500he would have said 'x,y and z are pedophiles - and here is the proof' - covering up those other scandals to which you refer would have involved buy-off's all over the placehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974445#543974445he would have said 'x,y and z are pedophiles - and here is the proof' - covering up those other scandals to which you refer would have involved buy-off's all over the placeTue, 17 Mar 2015 10:27:14 -0500Interfering with kids is on a different level to those sex scandals.There must have been some pretty important people involved judging by the way it was hushed it up.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974417#543974417Interfering with kids is on a different level to those sex scandals.There must have been some pretty important people involved judging by the way it was hushed it up.Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:24:27 -0500How would he have brought down the government, exactly, given all the sex and spy scandals that didn't bring down governments in the 1960s?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30460865/cyril-smith-would-have-brought-down-the-goverment?post_id=543974245#543974245How would he have brought down the government, exactly, given all the sex and spy scandals that didn't bring down governments in the 1960s?Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:05:04 -0500