UNITED KINGDOM
Sydney Morning Herald

July 26, 2015

Nick Miller
Europe Correspondent

London: In October 2012, Labour MP Tom Watson stood up in the British House of Commons and lobbed a grenade – metaphorically speaking.

Tapping a sheaf of paper in his hands, he told the Prime Minister that police had – or used to have – a file of evidence containing “clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to Parliament and No. 10”.

David Cameron leant forward, his brow furrowed.

Mr Watson continued: “One of its members boasts of his links to a senior aide of a former prime minister, who says he could smuggle indecent images of children from abroad.”

The leads were never followed up.

Mr Watson said police ought to secure the evidence and re-examine it.

Mr Cameron played a straight bat in reply.

“I’m not entirely sure which prime minister he’s referring…