Westminster paedophile ring claims: Campaigners closing in on truth, says Tom Watson MP
Campaigners are getting 'closer to the truth' over allegations of a paedophile ring at the heart of Westminster, an MP has said.
Tom Watson, MP for West Bromwich East, was the first to report claims of an establishment paedophile ring.
And now it has been revealed MI5 had known about the allegations but failed to investigate after an MP during the Thatcher era had been accused of being a paedophile.
Sir Antony Duff, then MI5 director-general, wrote to Lord (then Sir Robert) Armstrong, the cabinet secretary, saying the man 'has a penchant for small boys'.
He added: "At the present stage the risks of political embarrassment to the government is rather greater than the security danger."
The letter was among files discovered by the Cabinet Office and handed to the official inquiry into historical abuse allegations.
But campaigners believe it shows a deliberate cover-up.
