Edward Lord asking the Sunday Times to censor Andrew Gilligan

Perhaps we should email Rebekah Brooks congratulating the brilliant journalists she employs, and thanking them for speaking up when so many are too frightened to.

Here is a member of Parliament trying to censor the press whose job it is to hold parliament and public figures and institutions to account over how they use their power.

This is a Lord using city of London headed paper for his personal agenda. That right there is over stepping his power.

The reason this Lord does this is to throw his weight around and go 'look how rich and powerful I am and how I should be listened too'.

When rich and powerful people do this, the press should pay attention and push harder not go 'yeah ok'.

There's a link to his twitter on the first page, I think. The whole letter is on the twitter link.

Ah, found the link www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1076801230721175552

Can someone please transcribe the letter. I can't read it - too small - and don't know how to enlarge,.

Lots of connections from masons to PIE. Hope lots of digging gets done in 2019 because results would definitely be yielded

"I enclose 25 articles and can't even reference one inaccuracy. Please stop journalists telling the truth at your paper".

What an idiot.

Lord against Gilligan is like Timmy Mallet going up against Anthony Joshua in a boxing match.

I can't read it the letter, it's too small on my screen handsoff need a useful word from the title to search.

What happened with that survey anyway did we ever get the results of it

They are getting an analysis done but said that they won’t release anything until after the results of the government consultation are published.

The article from the summer about the diabolical consultation is gone - removed on 9 November it seems. Oh to have such power.

29th July?

I think the missing article is the one Lord refers to in his little lettter, from earlier in the year.

HandsOffMyRights I just had a look and the article is still available.

The fetish thing is just laughable. The content of the ariticles must be true, else why would EL resort to ad hominem attacks?

She/he/whatever has used City of London headed paper and put "written in a personal capacity".

Quite comical.

Still there HandsOff

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/new-lottery-bonanza-for-transgender-lobby-3bqjhr730?shareToken=44578c632ae1b71c4a071b476ca77278

What happened with that survey anyway did we ever get the results of it ?

Iused2BanOptimist

Always banging on about 'history', aren't they?

I kind of hope that it does work though.

And additional reporters at The Times are told to report on the transgender cult.

And they start including people like Miranda, Debbie and Kristina regularly.

Give Lord what he wants.

Too true Popchyk. Projection

Every accusation is an admission with this lot. Every time.

So Andrew Gilligan has a fetish, does he?

I can't see this having any effect other than galvanising Gilligan into more investigative journalism.

Neither can I. I find it amazing that he feels so full of himself that he would think such a letter would have the desired effect. I can’t imagine reading such a letter and doing anything other than telling my journalists to go for the jugular.

Somebody has posted that the article Lord refers to has been removed from The Times.

I don't have an online sub, but they've done screen shot and it says the article has been removed.

I do very much hope that Gilligan’s next article is about Lord’s friendship with a paedophile.

What a massive own goal.

HandsOffMyRights

Gosh. Those connections are very worrying, aren't they?

I can't see this having any effect other than galvanising Gilligan into more investigative journalism.

I think there are quite a few people making connections. Letters like this reveal far more about the writer than anything else.

Sonic, I reckon James Kirkup at The Spectator has a fair bit of information.

In one of his articles he talks about the high profile people who've contacted him with concerns.
He's also written pieces on Bercow before.

I hope they all join forces and dig. The Daily Mail is also excellent at investigative journalism. It may not always be aligned to our politics, but when slabs need unturning and you want to reach the masses, they do a sterling job.

Jess Bradley....

It does seem like he’s hiding something. Maybe that’s why he’s so keen to shut the Sunday Times up?

I bet stories there are stories to be found on Edward Lord; most of the aggressive TRAs seem to have skeletons in the closet.

Hopefully his silly letter is enough to make a few journalists look.

TBH I think the "consultation" that he launched for the City of London Corporation, which he only advertised on twitter after blocking everyone who might not agree with him, is pretty bad in itself, but I think that's probably the tip of the iceberg.