The Power of the Paedos - another high profile case hits the 'never happened' wall?

[Jan Klimkowski]

Kincora, Bryn Estyn, Haut de la Garenne. Deja vu all over again....

Tory peer John Cope a Tory contemporary of Morrison's in the Commons told The Mail on Sunday: Without hard evidence I cannot find these allegations credible.'

Mr Richard's intervention follows claims last week by former Tory Minister Edwina Currie that Morrison had sex with 16-year-old boys when the age of consent was 21 and that he had been protected by a culture of sniggering'. In her diaries, she called him a noted pederast', with a liking for young boys.

Our rulers have a shameful sense of humour.

Investigative reporter Nick Davies published the following in 1998:

Fleet Street routinely nurtures a crop of untold stories about powerful abusers who have evaded justice. One such is Peter Morrison, formerly the MP for Chester and the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ten years ago, Chris House, the veteran crime reporter for the Sunday Mirror, twice received tip-offs from police officers who said that Morrison had been caught cottaging in public toilets with underaged boys and had been released with a caution. A less powerful man, the officers complained, would have been charged with gross indecency or an offence against children.

At the time, Chris House confronted Morrison, who used libel laws to block publication of the story. Now, Morrison is dead and cannot sue. Police last week confirmed that he had been picked up twice and never brought to trial. They added that there appeared to be no trace of either incident in any of the official records.

Deep political question: Who has the power to make arrest and crime files disappear?

The full text of Davies' courageous article can be read here.