The Harry Potter author JK Rowling has accused Keir Starmer of abandoning women and says she does not trust the Labour leaders judgement.
The Times is reporting that Harry Potter author JK Rowling has accused Keir Starmer of abandoning women with concerns over transgender rights.
In an article for the paper, she claims the Labour leader has taken a “dismissive and often offensive” attitude to women, adding that she will struggle to vote for the Labour Party because she does not trust Sir Keir’s judgement and has a “poor opinion” of his character.
In an article for the paper, she suggests she may vote for an independent candidate in her constituency who is campaigning to “clarify the Equality Act”.
JK Rowling will struggle to vote for the Labour party
Rowling, 58, says that Starmer has done nothing to allay her concerns about his position, attacking him in particular for failing to defend Duffield, who has suffered death threats.
“Rosie has received literally no support from Starmer over the threats and abuse, some of which has originated from within the Labour Party itself, and has had a severe, measurable impact on her life,” she says. “The impression given by Starmer at Thursday’s debate was that there had been something unkind, but that was it.
JK Rowling
This week Starmer said he now agreed with former Labour leader Tony Blair, that “biologically, a woman is with a vagina and a man is with a penis”. Asked about his previous comments on Duffield, he avoided it and waffelled but when he was repeatedly pushed he said that the debate at the time had become “very toxic, very divided, very hard line”.
JK Rowling famously donating 1 million pounds to the Labour Party when Gordon brown became leader and thus far has refused to donate anything to Starmer’s campaign.
JK Rowling has accused Keir Starmer of abandoning women
