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Andrew Gilligan

July 12, 2023

Andrew Paul Gilligan (born 22 November 1968) is a British policy adviser, and former transport adviser to Boris Johnson both as Mayor of London and as Prime Minister. Until July 2019, he was senior correspondent of The Sunday Times and had also served as head of the Capital City Foundation at Policy Exchange.[1] Between 2013 and 2016 he also worked as the Mayor's cycling commissioner for London, and in 2020 he was an appointee of Central Government to TfL's Board.[1][2][3] He is best known for a 2003 report on BBC Radio 4's Today programme in which he described a British government briefing paper on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction (the September Dossier) as having been "transformed in the week before it was published to make it sexier". This change became widely known, in the words of newspaper headlines about the story, as being "sexed up".[2]

Gilligan beside the River Thames outside London City Hall

He was awarded Journalist of the Year in 2008 for his investigative reports on Ken Livingstone[4] and was shortlisted for the award again in 2015 for investigations which helped cause the downfall of politician Lutfur Rahman.[3] He has also been a nominee for the Paul Foot Award,[5] the Orwell Prize,[6] the British Journalism Awards[7] and Foreign Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.[8][9]

Early life and education

Gilligan was born in Teddington,[10] London, to Catholic parents, Kevin and Ann. Kevin was formerly a councillor in Teddington and had graduated from UCL. Andrew was educated at Grey Court School, Kingston College of Further Education and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history[10] and was news editor of the student newspaper Varsity.[11] He was also a member of Cambridge Universities Labour Club.[12]

Career

In 1994, he joined the Cambridge Evening News,[10] then in 1995 he moved to The Sunday Telegraph where he became a specialist reporter on defence.[4][10] In 1999, he was recruited by the editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Rod Liddle, as Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent.[10] In May 2003, Gilligan made a broadcast in which he claimed that the British Government had "sexed up" a report in order to exaggerate the weapon of mass destruction capabilities of Saddam Hussein.[13]

Gilligan resigned from the BBC in 2004, in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry surrounding the death of David Kelly, after Lord Hutton questioned the reliability of Gilligan's evidence.[14]

After resigning from the BBC, Gilligan was offered a job at The Spectator by its editor, Boris Johnson,[15] who had been a key supporter of Gilligan during the Hutton Inquiry.[16] Later that year Gilligan joined the London Evening Standard.[4] He was named Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2008 for his work on the London Mayoral elections, described as "relentless investigative journalism at its best".[17]

Between 2007 and 2009 Gilligan presented a fortnightly programme for Press TV, the Iranian government's English-language TV channel. Rod Liddle challenged Gilligan in July 2009 about working for an "international propaganda channel run by the Iranian government".[18] Gilligan stopped his regular show in December 2009, though he appeared twice more on the network just before the UK's May 2010 general election. Gilligan attributed his decision to leave to the politics of Iran "that was inconsistent with my opposition to Islamism. I have not worked for Press TV since."[19]

In 2009 Gilligan became London editor of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph,.[4] He was also a reporter for Channel 4's investigative programme Dispatches, covering a number of issues, including Rahman and his claimed involvement with the Islamic Forum of Europe in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.[20] He has also been a cover presenter for LBC radio.

On 22 November 2011, Gilligan criticised the Leveson Inquiry in an appearance before the House of Lords communications committee.[21]

In January 2013, Gilligan was appointed as the Cycling Commissioner for London by the Mayor, Boris Johnson.[22] Accusations of "cronyism" were made following the appointment as Gilligan was considered instrumental in toppling the Mayor's main rival Ken Livingstone.[23][24][25] He helped deliver London's first segregated cycle superhighways and was subsequently given an award by the London Cycling Campaign for his "outstanding contribution to cycling."[26] In August 2016 Gilligan was part of a wave of redundancies at The Daily Telegraph; he joined The Sunday Times immediately afterwards.[27] In 2019, he was appointed transport adviser by the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, based in the Downing Street policy unit. In July 2020, Grant Shapps, Transport Secretary, appointed Gilligan to TfL's Board as one of two Special Representative attendees.[28]

Controversy

In May 2016, The Telegraph apologised and paid substantial damages as part of an out-of-court settlement for defamation due to false claims made by Gilligan in a series of articles alleging corruption surrounding the purchase of Poplar Town Hall by businessman Mujibul Islam from Tower Hamlets Council when Rahman was mayor.[29]

In May 2018, The Sunday Telegraph paid "substantial damages" to settle a defamation case brought against it by Mohammed Kozbar in relation to an article by Gilligan in March 2016. Gilligan had accused Kozbar of supporting Palestinian violence against Israel's occupation.[30] Gilligan tweeted that he stood by what he wrote.[31]

In January 2019, The Sunday Times was required to publish a correction by the Independent Press Standards Organisation, who ruled that an article in July 2018 by Gilligan about laws regarding transgender people had been 'misleading'.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Full transcript of Andrew Gilligan's 'sexed up' broadcast". The Guardian. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d Brook, Stephen (19 June 2009). "Andrew Gilligan to join the Telegraph". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  5. ^ "The Paul Foot Award | Private Eye Online". www.private-eye.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Andrew Gilligan". The Orwell Foundation. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ^ Twitter, Press Gazette (3 November 2015). "'Humbling and inspiring': Full list of finalists for the British Journalism Awards 2015 revealed". Press Gazette. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ O'Carroll, Lisa (20 March 2012). "Press Awards 2012 as they happened". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "Andrew Gilligan on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Profile: Andrew Gilligan". BBC News. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  11. ^ "About Varsity". varsity.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  12. ^ Is it really grim up north? Andrew Gilligan
  13. ^ "David Kelly: timeline". The Telegraph. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  14. ^ "'I have considerable doubts as to how reliable this journalist's evidence is'". The Telegraph. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  15. ^ "Gilligan offered job by the Spectator". Spectator. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  16. ^ "Andrew Gilligan: My war with Ken Livingstone". The Independent. 3 March 2008. from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  17. ^ . Press Gazette. 8 April 2008. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  18. ^ "Journalists will be the next target of public anger, and rightly so".
  19. ^ . The Telegraph. London. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
  20. ^ "'Britain's Islamic republic': full transcript of Channel 4 Dispatches programme on Lutfur Rahman, the IFE and Tower Hamlets". 22 October 2010.
  21. ^ Leveson inquiry criticised by Daily Telegraph's Andrew Gilligan John Plunkett
  22. ^ "Andrew Gilligan to be London's 'cycling commissioner'". The Times. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  23. ^ Hugh Muir and Adam Bienkov (17 January 2013). "Boris Johnson triggers fresh cronyism claims with Andrew Gilligan job". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  24. ^ New job for Andrew Gilligan ITV
  25. ^ Boris Johnson offers Andrew Gilligan role as cycling commissioner New Statesman
  26. ^ "2016 London Cycling Awards - WINNERS!". www.lcc.org.uk.
  27. ^ Twitter, Dominic Ponsford (30 August 2016). "Andrew Gilligan joins Sunday Times as senior correspondent after Telegraph redundancy". Press Gazette. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  28. ^ "Transport for London extraordinary funding and financing update". GOV.UK.
  29. ^ "Poplar Town Hall owner Mujibul Islam receives apology and damages from The Telegraph in libel case". East London News. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  30. ^ "Telegraph pays 'substantial damages' to UK mosque leader for defamation". Middle East Eye.
  31. ^ ""Here is what I wrote about Mohammed Kozbar. I stand by it."".
  32. ^ Duffy, Nick (7 January 2019). "Press watchdog rules against 'misleading' Sunday Times trans coverage". Pink News. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

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Andrew Paul Gilligan born 22 November 1968 is a British policy adviser and former transport adviser to Boris Johnson both as Mayor of London and as Prime Minister Until July 2019 he was senior correspondent of The Sunday Times and had also served as head of the Capital City Foundation at Policy Exchange 1 Between 2013 and 2016 he also worked as the Mayor s cycling commissioner for London and in 2020 he was an appointee of Central Government to TfL s Board 1 2 3 He is best known for a 2003 report on BBC Radio 4 s Today programme in which he described a British government briefing paper on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction the September Dossier as having been transformed in the week before it was published to make it sexier This change became widely known in the words of newspaper headlines about the story as being sexed up 2 Gilligan beside the River Thames outside London City Hall He was awarded Journalist of the Year in 2008 for his investigative reports on Ken Livingstone 4 and was shortlisted for the award again in 2015 for investigations which helped cause the downfall of politician Lutfur Rahman 3 He has also been a nominee for the Paul Foot Award 5 the Orwell Prize 6 the British Journalism Awards 7 and Foreign Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards 8 9 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Controversy 4 References 5 External linksEarly life and education EditGilligan was born in Teddington 10 London to Catholic parents Kevin and Ann Kevin was formerly a councillor in Teddington and had graduated from UCL Andrew was educated at Grey Court School Kingston College of Further Education and at St John s College Cambridge where he studied history 10 and was news editor of the student newspaper Varsity 11 He was also a member of Cambridge Universities Labour Club 12 Career EditIn 1994 he joined the Cambridge Evening News 10 then in 1995 he moved to The Sunday Telegraph where he became a specialist reporter on defence 4 10 In 1999 he was recruited by the editor of BBC Radio 4 s Today programme Rod Liddle as Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent 10 In May 2003 Gilligan made a broadcast in which he claimed that the British Government had sexed up a report in order to exaggerate the weapon of mass destruction capabilities of Saddam Hussein 13 Gilligan resigned from the BBC in 2004 in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry surrounding the death of David Kelly after Lord Hutton questioned the reliability of Gilligan s evidence 14 After resigning from the BBC Gilligan was offered a job at The Spectator by its editor Boris Johnson 15 who had been a key supporter of Gilligan during the Hutton Inquiry 16 Later that year Gilligan joined the London Evening Standard 4 He was named Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2008 for his work on the London Mayoral elections described as relentless investigative journalism at its best 17 Between 2007 and 2009 Gilligan presented a fortnightly programme for Press TV the Iranian government s English language TV channel Rod Liddle challenged Gilligan in July 2009 about working for an international propaganda channel run by the Iranian government 18 Gilligan stopped his regular show in December 2009 though he appeared twice more on the network just before the UK s May 2010 general election Gilligan attributed his decision to leave to the politics of Iran that was inconsistent with my opposition to Islamism I have not worked for Press TV since 19 In 2009 Gilligan became London editor of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph 4 He was also a reporter for Channel 4 s investigative programme Dispatches covering a number of issues including Rahman and his claimed involvement with the Islamic Forum of Europe in the London borough of Tower Hamlets 20 He has also been a cover presenter for LBC radio On 22 November 2011 Gilligan criticised the Leveson Inquiry in an appearance before the House of Lords communications committee 21 In January 2013 Gilligan was appointed as the Cycling Commissioner for London by the Mayor Boris Johnson 22 Accusations of cronyism were made following the appointment as Gilligan was considered instrumental in toppling the Mayor s main rival Ken Livingstone 23 24 25 He helped deliver London s first segregated cycle superhighways and was subsequently given an award by the London Cycling Campaign for his outstanding contribution to cycling 26 In August 2016 Gilligan was part of a wave of redundancies at The Daily Telegraph he joined The Sunday Times immediately afterwards 27 In 2019 he was appointed transport adviser by the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson based in the Downing Street policy unit In July 2020 Grant Shapps Transport Secretary appointed Gilligan to TfL s Board as one of two Special Representative attendees 28 Controversy EditIn May 2016 The Telegraph apologised and paid substantial damages as part of an out of court settlement for defamation due to false claims made by Gilligan in a series of articles alleging corruption surrounding the purchase of Poplar Town Hall by businessman Mujibul Islam from Tower Hamlets Council when Rahman was mayor 29 In May 2018 The Sunday Telegraph paid substantial damages to settle a defamation case brought against it by Mohammed Kozbar in relation to an article by Gilligan in March 2016 Gilligan had accused Kozbar of supporting Palestinian violence against Israel s occupation 30 Gilligan tweeted that he stood by what he wrote 31 In January 2019 The Sunday Times was required to publish a correction by the Independent Press Standards Organisation who ruled that an article in July 2018 by Gilligan about laws regarding transgender people had been misleading 32 References Edit a b About the Capital City Foundation Archived from the original on 8 January 2017 Retrieved 8 January 2017 a b Full transcript of Andrew Gilligan s sexed up broadcast The Guardian 9 July 2003 Retrieved 4 June 2023 a b 2015 Press Awards shortlist Archived from the original on 14 November 2016 Retrieved 8 January 2017 a b c d Brook Stephen 19 June 2009 Andrew Gilligan to join the Telegraph The Guardian Retrieved 22 May 2012 The Paul Foot Award Private Eye Online www private eye co uk Andrew Gilligan The Orwell Foundation Retrieved 2 May 2020 Twitter Press Gazette 3 November 2015 Humbling and inspiring Full list of finalists for the British Journalism Awards 2015 revealed Press Gazette a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help O Carroll Lisa 20 March 2012 Press Awards 2012 as they happened The Guardian Andrew Gilligan on Twitter Twitter Retrieved 2 June 2018 a b c d e Profile Andrew Gilligan BBC News 30 January 2004 Retrieved 22 May 2012 About Varsity varsity co uk Retrieved 22 May 2012 Is it really grim up north Andrew Gilligan David Kelly timeline The Telegraph 9 June 2011 Retrieved 22 May 2012 I have considerable doubts as to how reliable this journalist s evidence is The Telegraph 29 January 2004 Retrieved 6 June 2012 Gilligan offered job by the Spectator Spectator 11 February 2004 Retrieved 13 November 2013 Andrew Gilligan My war with Ken Livingstone The Independent 3 March 2008 Archived from the original on 4 July 2008 Retrieved 13 November 2013 British Press Awards Andrew Gilligan named journalist of the year Press Gazette 8 April 2008 Archived from the original on 5 May 2009 Retrieved 22 May 2012 Journalists will be the next target of public anger and rightly so Mehdi Hasan New Statesman s senior editor makes up quote The Telegraph London 22 November 2010 Archived from the original on 25 November 2010 Britain s Islamic republic full transcript of Channel 4 Dispatches programme on Lutfur Rahman the IFE and Tower Hamlets 22 October 2010 Leveson inquiry criticised by Daily Telegraph s Andrew Gilligan John Plunkett Andrew Gilligan to be London s cycling commissioner The Times 18 January 2013 Retrieved 15 October 2013 Hugh Muir and Adam Bienkov 17 January 2013 Boris Johnson triggers fresh cronyism claims with Andrew Gilligan job The Guardian Retrieved 15 October 2013 New job for Andrew Gilligan ITV Boris Johnson offers Andrew Gilligan role as cycling commissioner New Statesman 2016 London Cycling Awards WINNERS www lcc org uk Twitter Dominic Ponsford 30 August 2016 Andrew Gilligan joins Sunday Times as senior correspondent after Telegraph redundancy Press Gazette a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help Transport for London extraordinary funding and financing update GOV UK Poplar Town Hall owner Mujibul Islam receives apology and damages from The Telegraph in libel case East London News 13 May 2016 Retrieved 8 July 2016 Telegraph pays substantial damages to UK mosque leader for defamation Middle East Eye Here is what I wrote about Mohammed Kozbar I stand by it Duffy Nick 7 January 2019 Press watchdog rules against misleading Sunday Times trans coverage Pink News Retrieved 22 February 2020 External links EditGilligan s 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