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Andrew Gilligan
@mragilligan
Senior fellow & head of transport and London, Policy Exchange; special adviser to two Prime Ministers 2019-24; was Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards.
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policyexchange.org.uk
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Nov 8, 2016
    For all those claiming cycle superhighways cause pollution, here are the facts (from official @LondonAir website via @AsEasyAsRiding)
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Apr 5, 2018
    Sadiq Khan is a lousy London Mayor. Why hasn’t anyone noticed? spectator.co.uk/2018/04/sadiq-…
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Jul 30, 2021
    Boris Johnson: "I support councils, of all parties, which are trying to promote cycling and bus use. And if you are going to oppose these schemes, you must tell us what your alternative is, because trying to squeeze more cars and vans on the same roads...is not going to work."
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Oct 12, 2024
    My review in today’s Times of Sayeeda Warsi’s awful, awful book.
    thetimes.com
    Muslims Don’t Matter by Sayeeda Warsi review — British Muslims deserve a better champion
    This polemic by the former Conservative peer reads like a set of tweets loosely strung together
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Dec 2, 2022
    Since 2018, Mermaids' delinquency has been documented by me and many others. But official bodies still funded and endorsed it. Their role must come under scrutiny too.
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Feb 19, 2019
    The National Lottery has approved its £500k grant to Mermaids. Its review does so on grounds which are provably false. When the public inquiry comes, the Lottery will have to account for these falsehoods.
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Dec 16, 2018
    Delinquent transgender children's charity Mermaids to get £500k from the National Lottery: MP calls for the payment to be stopped pending an investigation.
    thetimes.com
    Child sex-change charity Mermaids handed £500,000 by national lottery
    A transgender charity that campaigns for children to be given prohibited sex-change treatment has been awarded £500,000 by the national lottery.The payment to Mermaids has angered MPs, feminists and...
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    Andrew Gilligan
    @mragilligan
    Feb 10, 2019
    Ministers will "revise" policy on transgender prisoners to protect biological women after a male-bodied trans rapist was put in a women's jail. Some high-risk trans women have already been moved back to men's prisons.
    thetimes.com
    Prisons to get transgender wings
    The Prison Service is to stop many transgender inmates, including sex offenders, serving their sentences in women’s prisons.The justice minister Ed Argar said the government was “revising” guidelines...
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    Andrew Gilligan
    @mragilligan
    Feb 19, 2019
    The National Lottery has approved its £500k grant to Mermaids. Its review does so on grounds which are provably false. When the public inquiry comes, the Lottery will have to account for these falsehoods.
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    Andrew Gilligan
    @mragilligan
    May 26, 2019
    Scouts do major backtrack, dropping "dangerous" Mermaids-influenced transgender policy. Things are starting to change.
    thetimes.com
    Scouts earn U-turn badge after scrapping trans policy
    The Scouts have done a U-turn on a transgender policy that members said put young people’s safety at risk.The policy, which was published only 18 months ago and triggered protests — one MP called it...
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Feb 16, 2019
    Deeply disturbing leaked report about England's only gender clinic for children says staff have "very serious ethical concerns" as parents and activist groups press them to transition kids. thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/s…
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Feb 17, 2019
    Martina Navratilova, the world's greatest gay sportsperson, on the "insane" practice of allowing male-born transwomen to compete against biological women thetimes.co.uk/article/martin…
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    Oct 16, 2018
    The fact that Pink News identifies as journalism doesn't make it journalism.
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    May 9, 2020
    Here is the new national statutory guidance on reallocating roadspace, in effect from today.
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    gov.uk
    [Withdrawn] Traffic Management Act 2004: network management to support active travel
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    Andrew Gilligan
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    May 11, 2019
    New campaign to fight "Big Brother" police action against people who oppose transgender ideology
    thetimes.com
    Police are criminalising opinions, say campaigners
    People warned by the police over comments they made about transgender issues are launching a pressure group and legal action next week, challenging “Big Brother interference” with their free speech...

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