Why are the police, intelligence service, media and people in power protecting the scum like Cyril Smith and the others?

"For forty year, 29st politician was free to prey on vulnerable children as young as eight
Police received at least 144 complaints from victims yet authorities blocked any prosecution
New book serialised in Daily Mail details how Smith - who died in 2010 aged 82 - was repeatedly protected despite being arrested for sex crimes
MI5 and Special Branch officers put pressure on police to drop investigations
Child porn was found in Smith’s car but police were ordered to release him
Liberal Party put his name forward for knighthood in 1988 in spite of rumours of his sordid activities swirling around Westminster."

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Answer to the above question; Because they are no better than the criminals they protect. Pedophilia is an integral part of the decadent power structure of our sick society.