We Had Secret Talks On Who Would Lead the Tory Party ; but Were Not Going to Bicker Like Blair and Brown, Say the Top Twodavid Cameron and George Osborne Give Their First Joint Interview to Mail Deputy Political Editor James Chapman

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DAVID Cameron and George Osborne have revealed they held secret talks over which of them should stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

In their first-ever joint interview, Mr Osborne said he ruled himself out after it became clear Mr Cameron was so clearly up for it.

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We Had Secret Talks On Who Would Lead the Tory Party ; but Were Not Going to Bicker Like Blair and Brown, Say the Top Twodavid Cameron and George Osborne Give Their First Joint Interview to Mail Deputy Political Editor James Chapman

He said the conversation helped make my mind up. But the pair, speaking during a visit to China, insisted that no deal was struck about any future handover of power.

And they vowed not to repeat the simmer-ingly bitter relationship between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair which they said had poisoned British politics for a decade.

Mr Cameron s...

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