Cyril Smith dies

[Lord Bracknell]

Aged 82.

He challenged a lot of things in his life, but maybe it's his refutation of the argument that 'obesity will lead to an early death' that will be in most people's thoughts today.

29 stone 12 pounds at his peak.

 

[Beach Hut]

RIP

 

[The Spanish]

a classic I Thought He Was Already Dead.

 

[Man of Harveys]

When the Liberal party had about five seats, he occupied at LEAST three of them, fat-Brentford-fan-in-a-beige-jacket-away-in-the-ZDS-cup style.

This could be utter, utter bolox - the chances are that it is - but didn't I hear that his fatness was supposedly due to him getting some GRIT in his knee as a youngster, and not just the obvious pie-eating etc?

 

[The Large One]

A GIANT in politics.

 

[Man of Harveys]

 

[Nathan]

He was big on the politcal stage. In fact he was big on any stage. He was big. A big fat man.

 

[Brovion]

He was the MP who finally proved that, no, it was NOT possible for all the parlimentary Liiberal MPs to meet in a telephone box.

"Say it loud, I'm fat and I'm proud!"

 

[Gwylan]

This could be utter, utter bolox - the chances are that it is - but didn't I hear that his fatness was supposedly due to him getting some GRIT in his knee as a youngster, and not just the obvious pie-eating etc?

Damaged his pituitary gland apparently.

He was the most un-liberal Liberal anyone could imagine

 

[The Spanish]

Made Soames look like Karen Carpenter.

Impressive.

 

[The Large One]

He wasn't built for speed, he was built for comfort.

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

82 years old and hadn't seen his cock for the last 60.

 

[Man of Harveys]

And according to this, which someone on Popbitch just linked to:

UK TOP SECRET Postman Patel: " ..all he seems to have done is spanked a few bare bottoms" David Steel on Cyril Smith 1979

he really wasn't a very nice man at all. Wonder if this will show up in any of his obits. Maybe in Private Eye.

Being diddled about with must be appallingly dreadful of course. But by a leering, sweating bachelor MP with a 75 inch waist?? Stuff of nightmares.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

a classic I Thought He Was Already Dead.

Same here

 

[hart's shirt]

“I believe that a politician’s private life is his own affair and should remain so unless private behaviour jeopardises his political role. I suspect that most men and women have a skeleton rattling round in their cupboard and I think it should be allowed to remain there unless it can be proved that its exposure can right some injustice done to another person.”

‘Big Cyril’ (1977) Smith’s Autobiography.

 

[Laughing Gravy]

a classic I Thought He Was Already Dead.

I thought snuffed it years ago

 

[Ringmer Seagull]

Spare a thought for the pallbearers !

 

[Greyrun]

Fat mummys boy.

 

[simonsimon]

At least he was an honest Liberal Party Member, and would never have entertained a corrupt coalition with the Bullingdon Bullies.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Apparently his weight was due to a chronic kidney condition

BBC News - Obituary: Sir Cyril Smith