Rishi Sunak defends JK Rowling after she attacks Scotland’s new hate crime law
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed JK Rowling after she challenged Scotland’s new hate crime laws and said she ‘looks forward to being arrested’.
The Harry Potter author, who lives in Edinburgh, has previously come under fire for her views on gender and for describing several transgender women as men on Twitter, now X.
Now, the PM and leader of the Conservatives has said that no-one should be criminalised ‘for stating simple biology’.
In a statement provided to The Telegraph, Mr Sunak said: ‘People should not be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology.
