cyril smith will come back to him. yeah. course , had been lynne of course, had been a liberal member of parliament for rochdale and it was a liberal held seat in 2010. at and you had a visit and is true, you had a visit from a chap who was the prime minister there must have felt quite a big deal. the prime minister coming to help simon dan to get elected, but it all went a bit wrong, didn't it? >> that's right. i'd been selected the parliament selected as the parliament candidate in rochdale two candidate in rochdale in two thousand so was thousand and seven, so i was knocking on for three knocking on doors for three years. we get to weeks years. as we get to six weeks before general election in before the general election in 2010, that a phone call 2010, call that a phone call saying that gordon brown were going to visit. help me get elected, beat the liberal mp that's sitting there . he turns that's sitting there. he turns up, it leaves his microphone on when he gets in the car , who put when he gets in the car, who put m

cyril smith will come back to him. yeah. course , had been lynne of course, had been a liberal member of parliament for rochdale and it was a liberal held seat in 2010. at and you had a visit and is true, you had a visit from a chap who was the prime minister there must have felt quite a big deal. the prime minister coming to help simon dan to get elected, but it all went a bit wrong, didn't it? >> that's right. i'd been selected the parliament selected as the parliament candidate in rochdale two candidate in rochdale in two thousand so was thousand and seven, so i was knocking on for three knocking on doors for three years. we get to weeks years. as we get to six weeks before general election in before the general election in 2010, that a phone call 2010, call that a phone call saying that gordon brown were going to visit. help me get elected, beat the liberal mp that's sitting there . he turns that's sitting there. he turns up, it leaves his microphone on when he gets in the car , who put when he gets in the car, who put m