Original sentence: Following Madigan's election as Women's Officer and around the time of Madigan's application to the Jo Cox Women in Leadership Programme, five critical articles were written about Madigan in The Times.Madigan was rejected from the programme, but the articles in The Times were condemned by 55 activists involved in the programme who applauded the party for "supporting the principle that every woman" should get the chance to participate.These incidents led to Madigan receiving online abuse
Edited sentence: Following the resignation of Anne Ruzylo, and Madigan's election as Women's Officer, five articles about her in The Times.Following this, and the online abuse which ensued, Madigan decided to apply.She was rejected, however, 55 activists involved in the programme put out a message explicitly stating that this was not due to her being transgender, and condemned the Times articles, applauding the party for "supporting the principle that every woman" should get the chance to participate.This included one which falsely alleged that she had applied to the Jo Cox Women in Leadership Programme