I dont know if thats really true. Votes for military action are not always on party lines. Commons committees are bipartisan. And Smith was an MP well before Thatcher and a senior member of the liberal party during a period when no party had an absolute majority. It was not suggested that MI-5 only found out he was abusing kids during Mrs Ts goverment. Check out his wikipedia entry and see what you think. It certainly looks like he was protected.
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