Neil O'Brien

Neil O'Brien was the Director of the centre-right think tank Policy Exchange. He was appointed in August 2008, succeeding Anthony Browne and Nicholas Boles in this role. Since November 2012 he has served as a Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne

O'Brien was previously, between 2005–2008, Director of Open Europe, a think tank working for free market reform in Europe. He grew up in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and took a first in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, at Christ Church, Oxford.

In March 2010, O'Brien co-authored with Ross Clark a wide-ranging book called The Renewal of Government. It was praised by Michael Gove, then Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and now Secretary of State for Education, who said that it "lays down with admirable clarity and form a set of radical policies ... which in the field of education I think are peerless".

O'Brien writes a regular blog for the Daily Telegraph and has written in the Financial Times,the Guardian and the Times. He has appeared on BBC Newsnight, Sky News and Channel Four news. He has spoken on BBC radio programmes including The Moral Maze and the Today Programme. He has commented on a broad range of issues including public spending, welfare reform, housing, education and the environment. He tweets on public policy as "NeilDotObrien."

Neil O'Brien (disambiguation)

Neil O'Brien was the Director of the centre-right think tank Policy Exchange.

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Neil O'Brien (cricketer)

Neil Terence O'Brien (born 9 March 1945) is a former English cricketer. O'Brien was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Heaton Moor, Lancashire.

O'Brien made his debut for Cheshire in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against the Yorkshire Second XI.Prior to playing for Cheshire O'Brien had represented Lancashire CCC at Colt and Second team level. He played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1970 to 1991, making 194 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 23 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his List A debut for Cheshire against Hampshire in the 1981 NatWest Trophy. He made a further 8 List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1989 NatWest Trophy. In his 9 List A appearances for Cheshire, O'Brien scored 134 runs at an average of 14.88, with a high score of 28. With the ball, he took 2 wickets which came at an expensive bowling average of 139.00, with best figures of 1/16.

O'Brien

The O'Brien dynasty were a royal dynasty who ruled Thomond, Ireland.

O'Brien is a common surname. See List of people named O'Brien.

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O'Brien (TV series)

O'Brien is a British talk show presented by James O'Brien. It was broadcast on ITV from 30 March 2015 to 10 April 2015.

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The majority has been negative with Gerard O'Donovan of The Daily Telegraph describing the show as "low rent" and "disappointing".

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List of people named O'Brien

O'Brien is a surname of Irish origin which has many variants in the Irish diaspora worldwide, such as O'Bryan, O'Brian, O'Briant, O'Brient, O'Bryant, O'Brine, O'Bryen etc., which all claim a general common ancestry with the original Gaelic surname being Ó Briain or Uí Briain. Notable people with the surname include:

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