Former Premier Dr Ewart Brown has rubbished allegations and innuendos of corruption during his tenure in a submission to the UK Foreign Office.A host of allegations were compiled by the anonymous group Concerned Bermudians and sent to the UK minister responsible for the colonies, Henry Bellingham, the Governor and UK MP Andrew Rosindell.Dr Brown’s own submission was sent to Mr Bellingham on his behalf by his lawyer, Courtenay Griffiths, QC.The group’s claims that his house in Bermuda was partly funded by the taxpayer is an “outright lie,” the submission says. “The ‘Concerned Bermudians’ have supplied no evidence because none ever existed,” the submission reads.It goes on to characterise as “racist and sexist” the group’s view that Mrs Brown, an attorney and investment banker, could not have purchased her property in Martha’s Vineyard.“The truth of the matter is that all of these properties were purchased with personal assets acquired before and since Dr and Mrs Brown’s marriage and had nothing to do with Dr Brown’s service in Government.”And a $4 million bond raised to support his son who was facing criminal charges was met “because of the loving support of approximately 20 family members and friends who unselfishly pledged their personal and real property to raise its security” not because of any dodgy dealings by Dr Brown as suggested by the group.The submission also dismisses as unfounded allegations that taxpayer dollars were used to support a charity event hosted by Dr Brown’s son at Los Angeles’ Playboy mansion.“An airline and two Bermuda hotels donated stays for prize-winning attendees via the Department of Tourism, represented at the event by Dr Brown who was accompanied by his wife.”The Browns’ travel and hotel costs were paid for personally, the submission continues. “Not one dollar of government money was used in relation to this event.”And the award of a tourism advertising contract by Dr Brown’s administration to the company Global Hue, also criticised by the group, was done through “approved procedures”.“The irrefutable fact is that tourism to Bermuda increased by an average of 16.6 percent per year for GlobalHue’s first three years in operation, compared with the 15 years preceding their contract.“This outstanding record led to their contract being renewed after review by the appropriate Government committee.”The submission goes on to say that GlobalHue was distinguished from its predecessors by its performance and the fact that it was the first company to win a tourism advertising contract that was not “white-owned”.It notes the “Concerned Bermudians” other concerns, including the Bermuda Housing Corporation and the Transport Control Department.The BHC scandal was fully investigated and Dr Brown was never asked for any information, or accused of any impropriety, by the authorities, the submission states.And a complaint about the TCD emissions control contract is based on “the false and misleading premise that the Government was required to put the contract out to tender.“This is not so where it appears that there is a one single capable, imminently available contractor, as was the case here.“The entire issue has been thoroughly investigated by the Auditor-General who found no evidence of any illegal or unethical conduct,” the document continues.“With these and all other assertions relating to particular government contracts, the ‘Concerned Bermudians’ have chosen to wait well over a year after Dr Brown left office before seeking to smear him with baseless innuendo”.The submission reiterates Dr Brown’s position that he has nothing to fear from a Commission of Inquiry, as called for by the anonymous group.But, it states, Dr Brown agrees with Governor Sir Richard Gozney’s comments that such an inquiry is unwarranted because there is no evidence to substantiate calling for one, and that it would entail a “substantial and unjustifiable expense” to Bermuda’s taxpayers.“On any objective view, establishing a Royal Commission would cause outside observers to draw unjustified parallels with the Turks and Caicos and would threaten a crisis of confidence in Bermuda in the current climate of international economic uncertainty. Anyone who wishes for that has no right to claim to be a concerned Bermudian.”