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JK Rowling turned down peerage twice – and wouldn’t settle for if provided once more

By Editorial Board Published October 21, 2024 3 Min Read
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JK Rowling turned down peerage twice – and wouldn’t settle for if provided once more

JK Rowling has revealed she turned down two gives of a peerage and wouldn’t settle for one if provided once more.

The Harry Potter creator made the revelation after Tory management hopeful Kemi Badenoch stated she would provide Rowling a peerage after praising her for her contributions to the transgender debate.

Rowling posted on X: “It’s considered bad form to talk about this but I’ll make an exception given the very particular circumstances.

“I’ve already turned down a peerage twice, as soon as beneath Labour and as soon as beneath the Tories.

“If provided one a 3rd time, I nonetheless would not take it.

“It’s not her, it’s me.”

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Rowling has been an outspoken determine within the gender debate, often advocating for areas for organic ladies to be protected, and talking up about trans points within the sports activities trade.

The creator was amongst those that welcomed the Cass evaluation into NHS kids’s gender id providers, which led to NHS England ending the prescription of puberty blockers for kids experiencing gender dysphoria.

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Kemi Badenoch stated she would provide JK Rowling a peerage. Pic: PA/GB Information

Ms Badenoch informed the Discuss on-line streaming service that Rowling and Dr Hilary Cass, the creator of the Cass evaluation, had been “attacked relentlessly by all sorts of oddballs and bad people”.

The Conservative MP was then requested if she would give Rowling a peerage.

She stated: “I would. I don’t know whether she would take it.

“I definitely would give her a peerage.”

Woman Cass has been appointed to the Home of Lords as an unbiased after being awarded a peerage by Conservative chief Rishi Sunak earlier this 12 months.

Rowling, whose seven Harry Potter books had been revealed between 1997 and 2007, didn’t say which Labour and Conservative prime ministers had provided her a seat within the Lords.

She was a vocal supporter of the Labour Get together beneath Gordon Brown, who can also be a detailed buddy, however was closely crucial of the celebration beneath Jeremy Corbyn’s management.

The creator has additionally raised considerations over Labour’s place on gender-related points beneath Sir Keir Starmer.

Rowling has not beforehand spoken publicly about her views on the honours system however stated she did this time to save lots of her from being accused of being “right wing” or being “disappointed she hasn’t got one [a peerage] because of her evil bigotry”.

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