When I lived in Rochdale I was once in a queue in a chip shop behind the then Cyril Smith MP.

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When it came to making a big impression, though, Cyril Smith could not have been better cut out for the role.

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There is little doubt that former Rochdale MP Sir Cyril Smith raped some of his victims, the town's current MP has claimed.

BBC: Cyril Smith 'raped some of his victims', MP says

Fears that Sir Cyril Smith was sexually abusing boys were reported to police four years before an investigation was opened, it has been claimed.

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Allegations of sexual abuse by Sir Cyril Smith will be investigated by different police forces, depending on when it was said to have taken place.

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Before the 1981 Liberal-SDP merger, Cyril Smith admitted that he had initially wanted to strangle the Alliance at birth, but had later come to accept it.

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Rochdale's MP has called for an inquiry into the role of MI5 in a potential "cover-up" of alleged abuse by former MP Cyril Smith in the 1960s.

BBC: Cyril Smith abuse claims: MP wants 'MI5 cover-up' inquiry

He insisted I join him under his brolly as the rain poured down - no mean feat to get under a brolly with Cyril Smith as I too am not slight in build.

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Manchester-based solicitors Pannone confirmed it was currently dealing with an allegation of abuse against Sir Cyril, who died in 2010, and Mr Danczuk said he had been approached by a man "angry and upset about how Cyril Smith treated him".

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