Ka taƙaita labarin:  Cyril Smith ya dauki whip jam'iyyar na shekaru hudu a majalisar dokokin kasar kuma an celebrated a matsayin Lib-Dem grandee a cikin shekaru kafin ya mutu. Nick Clegg yayi kokari sosai don nisantar da jam'iyyarsa daga zarge-zargen da ake yi game da Cyril Smith jiya ta hanyar kiran dan majalisa mai lalata da 'yan siyasa na Labour'. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa mai cin zarafin jima'i mai kiba ba ya cikin 'yan Liberal Democrats a lokacin da yake cin zarafin yara maza da yawa. A zahiri Smith ya ɗauki whip na jam'iyyar tsawon shekaru huɗu a Majalisar kuma an yi masa bikin a matsayin Lib Dem grandee a cikin shekarun kafin ya mutu. An zargi Mista Clegg a wani kiran rediyo da cewa ya 'wanke hannayensa' game da batun ta hanyar ƙi yin umarni da binciken jam'iyyar game da Smith. Ya dage cewa ba za a yi bincike ba duk da bayyanar da aka yi a cikin Daily Mail na ranar Asabar cewa jam'iyyar Liberal <unk> wanda ya riga Lib Dems <unk> ya ba da kuɗin shiru daidai da albashin wata ɗaya ga mai gwagwarmaya bayan ta yi korafi game da Smith na lalata wani saurayi a shekarar 1979. Mista Clegg ya fuskanci batun Smith a lokacin wani kiran waya a gidan rediyon LBC a jiya. 'John daga Bexleyheath' ya tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa Lib Dems ba su bincika ba duk da sabbin bayanai game da lalata da yara na Smith da aka fallasa a cikin wannan takarda ta jerin littafin ɗan siyasa na Labour Simon Danczuk game da marigayi dan majalisar Rochdale. Mista Clegg ya yi kokarin nisantar da 'yan Lib Dems daga Smith kuma ya ce' duk wata jam'iyyar siyasa 'ya kamata ta hada kai da binciken 'yan sanda. Ya ce: 'Kamar yadda ya faru, Cyril Smith, kamar yadda kuka sani, zargin da ke kewaye da shi, a zahiri ya koma daidai lokacin da yake dan siyasa na Labour, baya, tun kafin a haife ni, ina tsammanin.' Mista Clegg ya zargi Mista Danczuk da zabar "don yin gyaran fuska daga gaskiyar cewa Smith dan siyasa ne na Labour lokacin da aka zarge shi da fara cin zarafin kananan yara". Ya kara da cewa: "Cyril Smith ya kasance mai aiki a siyasa, ta hanyar, a cikin jam'iyyar da ba ta wanzu ba - jam'iyyar Liberal. 'Don haka ya kasance dan siyasa na Labour, sannan kuma ya kasance dan siyasa ga mafi yawan aikinsa, don jam'iyyar Liberal, wanda ba ta wanzu ba. Duk wannan ya faru ne tun kafin...
Shugaban'yan Lib Dem ya yi kokari sosai don nisantar da jam'iyyar daga zargin. Ya ce dan majalisa mai kiba ba dan jam'iyyar Lib Dems ba ne a lokacin da aka yi masa fyade. An yi watsi da binciken da ake yi game da zargin cewa Jam'iyyar Liberal ta ba da kuɗin shiru ga mai fafutuka.