The Harry Potter author said she would struggle to vote for Sir Keir Starmer, saying she had a “poor opinion” of his character. Writing in The Times, Ms Rowling said: “As long as Labour remains dismissive and often offensive towards women fighting to retain the rights their foremothers thought were won for all time, I’ll struggle to support them. Labour abandoned them.”JK Rowling has criticised Labour for its approach to transgender rights (PA)She continued: “I’ve been a Labour voter, a member (no longer), donor (not recently) and campaigner (ditto) all my adult life. I want to want to vote Labour.”The issue of transgender rights has long caused issues within the party. Last week, Ms Duffield said she had not attended election hustings while running in Canterbury due to “constant trolling” and has spent £2,000 on bodyguards while campaigning.

Source: The Times June 22, 2024 05:53 UTC