️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  George Osborne is facing questions over his relationship with Andy Coulson after claims he was paying back a favor by helping the former News of the World editor get a job with the Tories. <unk> George Osborne is facing questions over his relationship with Andy Coulson after claims he was paying back a favor by helping the former News of the World editor get a job with the Tories. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ 6 years ago the paper ran on its front page hotly disputed claims from former prostitute and ex-drug user Natalie Rowe. that the Chancellor took cocaine in his early 20s, before he became a. <unk> <unk> Mark Lewis said Mr Coulson, editor of the paper the time the story broke in October 2005, deliberately played down the scandal in the leader column, effectively saving Mr Osborne's political career. Mr Lewis told Australian TV: "The. editor at the time was Andy Coulson, and I think that's worth remembering because of the future relationship that we have between the. Conservative Party, the Prime Minister and Andy Coulson.' (The Conservative Party, the Prime Minister and Andy Coulson) ' Andy Coulson had done. George Osborne a favour; perhaps it was time for George Osborne to. reciprocate and do a favor back.' <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Osborne was 'a young man when he found himself in a murky world', and. said it was up to the voters to judge at election time. The decision on which spin to give to the story by the editor of the News of the World was particularly something that determined his future in politics. If it would have been written the other way it would have finished his career I'm sure.<unk> In July, as the phone-hacking scandal broke, Rebekah Brooks, Mr Coulson's successor at the NotW, told MPs that the chancellor had played a key role in his appointment as David. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> Mark Lewis claims former NotW editor was helped into No10 role by his paper's'soft' coverage of story.<unk> Mark Lewis claims former NotW editor was helped into No10 role by his paper's'soft' coverage of story. Osborne has repeatedly denied Natalie Rowe's claims about drug-taking.<unk> Osborne has repeatedly denied Natalie Rowe's claims about drug-taking.<unk> Miss Rowe says she was victim of phone hacking. (Miss Rowe says she was victim of phone hacking)