The NSPCC says that the Jimmy Savile case should mark a cultural shift in the way that we deal with allegations of child abuse.

BBC: 'Cultural shift' in child protection

However, a Cabinet Office spokesman said it was possible that as a result of the Jimmy Savile case, the Honours Forfeiture Committee might reconsider the rules.

BBC: Sir Jimmy Savile after receiving his knighthood in 1996

John McCain, for example, people like me wondered whether this would turn out to be a year like 1976 or 1980, when the challengers to the front-runners -- Ronald Reagan to Gerald Ford, then Ted Kennedy to Jimmy Carter -- pressed their case all the way to the convention.

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