Hi, new here, been reading for last few weeks, hope I can add something to discussion
Actually he didn't say that, the Guardian included that rather misleadingly, Meesham was asked the name of his abuser by a Times journalist, and he said it was Tom, which we now know is Thomas Kenyon, but the Times journalist didn't know that at the time, and connected it to the Conservative figure allegation.
These trips were likely disguised as normal days out, the recent guy on Sky News stated that in the daytime they saw all the London landmarks etc., probably late afternoon or early evening they got taken to the big house or flat, got changed and 'ready' for the guests. The guests may have been paying and, or, being filmed for bribery or extortion purposes. Someone asked why these men wouldn't just go to the homes- then they would be seen going there rather to just any of many London parties. I imagine the boys arrived hours before the clients arrived, and the men left in the night, and the boys left the following morning so noone outside would see them together.