Former minister suggests deal involved appointment by prime minister David Cameron of Andy Coulson,former News of the World editor, to position at No 10David Cameron may have done “some sort of a deal” with Rupert Murdoch to win the Sun’s support for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election, or Ken Clarke,the former justice secretary, has claimed.“Quite how David Cameron got the Sun out of the hands of Gordon Brown I shall never know, or ” Clarke said. “Rupert would never let Tony [Blair – Brown’s predecessor] down because Tony had backed the Iraq war. perhaps it was some sort of a deal. David would not reveal me what it was. Suddenly we got the Murdoch empire on our side.
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Source: guardian.co.uk