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−	'''Anthony Howe Browne''' (19 January 1967) is a former Policy Director to the Mayor of London ~~and a~~ former director of [[Policy Exchange]]~~, currently~~ head of government relations for [[Morgan Stanley]] for Europe, Middle East and Africa.<ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf\|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In ~~June~~ 2012 the [[British Bankers Association]] ~~announced he would become their next chief executive, taking over~~ from [[Angela Knight]] ~~in September~~. <ref> [http://www.ftadviser.com/2012/06/12/mortgages/boris-johnson-s-adviser-named-ceo-of-bba-8CaQSkgn2GVjk5vqutwLrJ/article.html Boris Johnson’s adviser named CEO of BBA], ''Financial Times,'' 12 June 2012 </ref>	+	'''Anthony Howe Browne''' (19 January 1967) is a former Policy Director to the Mayor of London, former director of [[Policy Exchange]] and former head of government relations for [[Morgan Stanley]] for Europe, Middle East and Africa.<ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf\|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In September 2012 he took over the role of chief executive at the [[British Bankers Association]] from [[Angela Knight]]. <ref> [http://www.ftadviser.com/2012/06/12/mortgages/boris-johnson-s-adviser-named-ceo-of-bba-8CaQSkgn2GVjk5vqutwLrJ/article.html Boris Johnson’s adviser named CEO of BBA], ''Financial Times,'' 12 June 2012 </ref>
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		+	Browne was appointed the UK government's Chair to the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) in December 2017.

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−	'''Anthony Howe Browne''' (19 January 1967) is a former Policy Director to the Mayor of London and a former director of [[Policy Exchange]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf\|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In June 2012 the [[British Bankers Association]] announced he would become their next chief executive, taking over from [[Angela Knight]] in September.	+	'''Anthony Howe Browne''' (19 January 1967) is a former Policy Director to the Mayor of London and a former director of [[Policy Exchange]], currently head of government relations for [[Morgan Stanley]] for Europe, Middle East and Africa.<ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf\|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In June 2012 the [[British Bankers Association]] announced he would become their next chief executive, taking over from [[Angela Knight]] in September. <ref> [http://www.ftadviser.com/2012/06/12/mortgages/boris-johnson-s-adviser-named-ceo-of-bba-8CaQSkgn2GVjk5vqutwLrJ/article.html Boris Johnson’s adviser named CEO of BBA], ''Financial Times,'' 12 June 2012 </ref>

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-'''Anthony Howe Browne''' (19 January 1967) is Policy Director to the Mayor of London and a former director of [[Policy Exchange]]. He holds a degree in Mathematics from [[Cambridge University]]. He is married with two children and lives in North London. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref>
+'''Anthony Howe Browne''' (19 January 1967) is a former Policy Director to the Mayor of London and a former director of [[Policy Exchange]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In June 2012 the [[British Bankers Association]] announced he would become their next chief executive, taking over from [[Angela Knight]] in September.
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 From 1997 to 2002, Browne worked at the ''[[Observer]]'' as economics correspondent, deputy business editor, health editor and environment editor. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In 2002 he joined ''[[The Times]]'' as the newspaper's environment editor, Brussels correspondent, and chief political correspondent. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> During his time at ''[[The Times]]'', Browne became embroiled in controversy over his comments on VDare, an anti-immigration US web forum, affiliated to the [[Center for American Unity]]. <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/03/media.pressandpublishing Bloggers target Times writer], by Chris Tryhorn, Media ''Guardian'', 3 August 2005.</ref>
 In a 2002 ''Times'' article he wrote:

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 ==Biography==
-From 1988-89 Browne worked as a Business analyst for management consultants [[Booz Allen Hamilton]]. From 1989-92 he worked in various media jobs, including diarist for the ''[[Daily Telegraph|Daily Telegraph's]]'' Peterborough column and producer for television production company [[Uden Associates]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> From 1992 to 1997 he worked for [[BBC]] TV and Radio news, including working on the ''Money Programme'' and ''Business Breakfas''t. He was promoted to become business reporter, economics reporter and acting economics correspondent for main TV and Radio programmes, including the ''Today'' programme, ''World at One'', One O'Clock and Nine O'Clock News. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref>
+From 1988-89 Browne worked as a Business analyst for management consultants [[Booz Allen Hamilton]].<ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> From 1989-92 he worked in various media jobs, including diarist for the ''[[Daily Telegraph|Daily Telegraph's]]'' Peterborough column and producer for television production company [[Uden Associates]]. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> From 1992 to 1997 he worked for [[BBC]] TV and Radio news, including working on the ''Money Programme'' and ''Business Breakfast.'' He was promoted to become business reporter, economics reporter and acting economics correspondent for main TV and Radio programmes, including the ''Today'' programme, ''World at One'', One O'Clock and Nine O'Clock News. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref>
 From 1997 to 2002, Browne worked at the ''[[Observer]]'' as economics correspondent, deputy business editor, health editor and environment editor. <ref>[[Media:Mayor Appoints Policy Director.pdf|Mayor appoints Policy Director]], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> In 2002 he joined ''[[The Times]]'' as the newspaper's environment editor, Brussels correspondent, and chief political correspondent. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> During his time at ''[[The Times]]'', Browne became embroiled in controversy over his comments on VDare, an anti-immigration US web forum, affiliated to the [[Center for American Unity]]. <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/aug/03/media.pressandpublishing Bloggers target Times writer], by Chris Tryhorn, Media ''Guardian'', 3 August 2005.</ref>
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 Browne had been the Times' chief political correspondent for less than a year when he left to join the right-wing think-tank [[Policy Exchange]] in 2007. <ref>'Times loses three reporters', Media Guardian, 6 March 2007.</ref> Browne was Director of [[Policy Exchange]] for just over a year. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> According to ConservativeHome's ToryDiary 'During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think tank became too close to Project Cameron.' <ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/07/anthony-browne.html Anthony Browne leaves Policy Exchange to become Boris Johnson's Policy Director], ToryDiary, ConservativeHome, 21 July 2008.</ref>
-Browne was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from [[Policy Exchange]] to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref>
+Browne was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July 2008. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from [[Policy Exchange]] to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref>
 ==Mayor of London Gifts and hospitality register (as at 26 March 2010) <ref>Mayor of London Gifts and hospitality register, [http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/gifts/browne.jsp Gifts and hospitality register - Anthony Browne] [Accessed 26 March 2010]</ref>==

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 Browne was also criticised over an August 2005 article which stated:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The support of Islamic fascism spans Britain’s Left. The wacko [[Socialist Workers Party]] joined forces with the [[Muslim Association of Britain]], the democracy-despising, Shariah-law-wanting group, to form the [[Stop the War Coalition]]. The former Labour MP [[George Galloway]] created the Respect Party with the support of the MAB, and won a seat in Parliament by cultivating Muslim resentment. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article550184.ece Fundamentally, we're useful idiots], by Anthony Browne, The Times, 1 August 2005.</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The support of Islamic fascism spans Britain’s Left. The wacko [[Socialist Workers Party]] joined forces with the [[Muslim Association of Britain]], the democracy-despising, Shariah-law-wanting group, to form the [[Stop the War Coalition]]. The former Labour MP [[George Galloway]] created the Respect Party with the support of the MAB, and won a seat in Parliament by cultivating Muslim resentment. <ref>Anthony Browne, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article550184.ece Fundamentally, we're useful idiots], ''The Times'', 1 August 2005.</ref></blockquote>
 Browne had been the Times' chief political correspondent for less than a year when he left to join the right-wing think-tank [[Policy Exchange]] in 2007. <ref>'Times loses three reporters', Media Guardian, 6 March 2007.</ref> Browne was Director of [[Policy Exchange]] for just over a year. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> According to ConservativeHome's ToryDiary 'During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think tank became too close to Project Cameron.' <ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/07/anthony-browne.html Anthony Browne leaves Policy Exchange to become Boris Johnson's Policy Director], ToryDiary, ConservativeHome, 21 July 2008.</ref>

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 Browne was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from [[Policy Exchange]] to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref>
 ==Mayor of London Gifts and hospitality register (as at 26 March 2010) <ref>Mayor of London Gifts and hospitality register, [http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/gifts/browne.jsp Gifts and hospitality register - Anthony Browne] [Accessed 26 March 2010]</ref>==
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 In a January 2003 [[VDARE]] article Browne wrote:
-<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It isn’t every day that the interior minister of a mature western democracy publicly announces that his policies are leading to the collapse of social order and uncontrollable widespread communal violence, things more usually associated with places like Gujarat (and northern Nigeria.)</blockquote>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It isn’t every day that the interior minister of a mature western democracy publicly announces that his policies are leading to the collapse of social order and uncontrollable widespread communal violence, things more usually associated with places like Gujarat (and northern Nigeria.)<p>But last week David Blunkett, Britain’s Home Secretary, warned that society is “like a coiled spring” where the tensions and frustrations could spill over into “the disintegration of community relations and social cohesion,” with such widespread vigilantism that Britain could “tip into a situation we could not control.”<ref>[http://www.vdare.com/misc/browne_britain.htm Britain on the Brink], by Anthony Browne, VDARE.com, 28 January 2003.</ref></p></blockquote>
 [[VDARE]]'s [[James Fulford]] said of this piece: "This one was actually an article we commissioned and paid for, the links, et cetera, added by me, and with some editing by [[Peter Brimelow]], as usual."<ref>[http://www.vdare.com/fulford/050818_fulford_file.htm Guilt By Association (With VDARE.COM!) In Britain], by James Fulford, VDARE.com, 18 August 2005.</ref> The article was also posted at [[David Horowitz]]'s Frontpagemag.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=BAE92D3E-0F17-444E-B451-F8839CC8B185 Britain on the Brink], by Anthony Browne, FrontPageMag.Com, 3 February 2003.</ref>

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 In a 2002 ''Times'' article he wrote:
-::The only political party of which I have been a member is Labour, and the danger of giving encouragement to the racist British National Party is a strong reason to stay silent. But what is happening now is so extreme and so damaging, and the determination of pro-immigrationists to suppress debate and smear critics so fearsome, that silence is no longer an option.<ref>Britain is losing Britain, by Anthony Browne, ''The Times'', 7 August 2002.</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The only political party of which I have been a member is Labour, and the danger of giving encouragement to the racist British National Party is a strong reason to stay silent. But what is happening now is so extreme and so damaging, and the determination of pro-immigrationists to suppress debate and smear critics so fearsome, that silence is no longer an option.<ref>Britain is losing Britain, by Anthony Browne, ''The Times'', 7 August 2002.</ref></blockquote>
 He subsequently wrote about the article on [[VDARE]]:
-::It was bubbling around inside my head making me toss and turn in the small hours, and then at 4 A.M. it exploded out in 2,500 words: a cri de coeur about what uncontrolled immigration is doing to Britain, and the almost ruthless determination of the pro-immigrationists to  distort facts,  smear opponents and  stifle debate. Having researched the article for three months for a pamphlet, the facts just poured out of my fingertips.<ref>[http://www.vdare.com/misc/browne_article.htm The London Times’  Anthony Browne Writes VDARE.COM About His Dramatic Article], Anthony Browne, VDARE, 13 August 2002.</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It was bubbling around inside my head making me toss and turn in the small hours, and then at 4 A.M. it exploded out in 2,500 words: a cri de coeur about what uncontrolled immigration is doing to Britain, and the almost ruthless determination of the pro-immigrationists to  distort facts,  smear opponents and  stifle debate. Having researched the article for three months for a pamphlet, the facts just poured out of my fingertips.<ref>[http://www.vdare.com/misc/browne_article.htm The London Times’  Anthony Browne Writes VDARE.COM About His Dramatic Article], Anthony Browne, VDARE, 13 August 2002.</ref></blockquote>
 In a January 2003 [[VDARE]] article Browne wrote:
-::It isn’t every day that the interior minister of a mature western democracy publicly announces that his policies are leading to the collapse of social order and uncontrollable widespread communal violence, things more usually associated with places like Gujarat (and northern Nigeria.)
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">It isn’t every day that the interior minister of a mature western democracy publicly announces that his policies are leading to the collapse of social order and uncontrollable widespread communal violence, things more usually associated with places like Gujarat (and northern Nigeria.)</blockquote>
 ::But last week David Blunkett, Britain’s Home Secretary, warned that society is “like a coiled spring” where the tensions and frustrations could spill over into “the disintegration of community relations and social cohesion,” with such widespread vigilantism that Britain could “tip into a situation we could not control.”<ref>[http://www.vdare.com/misc/browne_britain.htm Britain on the Brink], by Anthony Browne, VDARE.com, 28 January 2003.</ref>
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 Browne was also criticised over an August 2005 article which stated:
-::The support of Islamic fascism spans Britain’s Left. The wacko [[Socialist Workers Party]] joined forces with the [[Muslim Association of Britain]], the democracy-despising, Shariah-law-wanting group, to form the [[Stop the War Coalition]]. The former Labour MP [[George Galloway]] created the Respect Party with the support of the MAB, and won a seat in Parliament by cultivating Muslim resentment. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article550184.ece Fundamentally, we're useful idiots], by Anthony Browne, The Times, 1 August 2005.</ref>
+<blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">The support of Islamic fascism spans Britain’s Left. The wacko [[Socialist Workers Party]] joined forces with the [[Muslim Association of Britain]], the democracy-despising, Shariah-law-wanting group, to form the [[Stop the War Coalition]]. The former Labour MP [[George Galloway]] created the Respect Party with the support of the MAB, and won a seat in Parliament by cultivating Muslim resentment. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article550184.ece Fundamentally, we're useful idiots], by Anthony Browne, The Times, 1 August 2005.</ref></blockquote>
-Browne had been the Times' chief political correspondent for less than a year when he left to join Policy Exchange.<ref>Times loses three reporters, Media Guardian, 6 March 2007.</ref>
+Browne had been the Times' chief political correspondent for less than a year when he left to join the right-wing think-tank [[Policy Exchange]] in 2007. <ref>'Times loses three reporters', Media Guardian, 6 March 2007.</ref> Browne was Director of [[Policy Exchange]] for just over a year. <ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=17942 Mayor appoints Policy Director], Greater London Authority, 21 July 2008</ref> According to ConservativeHome's ToryDiary 'During his time at PX there was a doubling of staff numbers but a concern that the think tank became too close to Project Cameron.' <ref>[http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2008/07/anthony-browne.html Anthony Browne leaves Policy Exchange to become Boris Johnson's Policy Director], ToryDiary, ConservativeHome, 21 July 2008.</ref>
 Browne was appointed as Policy Director to the Mayor of London on 21 July. The ''Guardian'' remarked: 'Browne's appointment – the fourth from [[Policy Exchange]] to get a top job in the Tory party – marks a further high watermark in the influence of Policy Exchange on future Tory policy.' <ref>David Hencke, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/22/conservatives.thinktanks A change in the political weather], guardian.co.uk, 22 July 2008.</ref>