article_snippet: Police are to be given access to secret files held on MPs in the House of Commons archives to help Police search for evidence on suspected abusers, including former Liberal MP Cyril Smith.
article_snippet: Four years before my friend died in 1998, Powell did me the honour of asking me to write my friend biography.
article_snippet: I spoke to almost everyone alive who knew my friend.
article_snippet: When my friend died, I had unique access to a vast collection of private papers, including numerous intimate letters.
article_snippet: If there is anyone alive other than EnochEnoch Powell’s widow and daughters who knows more about my friend than I do, I’d like to meet my friend.
article_snippet: my friend probity in personal and financial matters was rock solid.