The absence of a visa when I cross the channel has symbolic value to me.

My values are not contained or proscribed by borders. I was raised by a Francophile mother whose family was proud of their part-French heritage . Rowling opposed Brexit and campaigned for the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union, in the run up to the referendum to leave the European Union, stating on her website that, 'I'm the mongrel product of this European continent and I'm an internationalist. She also said that Scottish nationalism 'contains traces of bigotry'. In 2018, Rowling tweeted that she was tired of 'blood and soil ethno-nationalists marching with' civic campaigners. She donated £1 million (US$1,694,000) to the Better Together anti-independence campaign, led by former neighbour and friend Alistair Darling, and used the ' Death Eaters' characters from her Harry Potter series-who reject wizards unless they have pure blood-as a reference in her explanation of her donation: 'However, when people try to make this debate about the purity of your lineage, things start getting a little Death Eaterish for my taste.' In Rowling's post-donation blog post in mid-June 2014, she explained that she is 'friendly' with members of both campaigns and stated a belief that 'there are intelligent, thoughtful people on both sides of this question'. Scottish Īs a resident of Edinburgh, Rowling was eligible to vote in the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, and intended to vote 'No'. Rowling was critical of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party. Rowling praised Brown in a 2009 Time magazine essay saying she 'still wanted him in charge'. In September 2008, Rowling donated £1 million to the Labour Party and commended Brown's commitment to improving the lives of poor families. Rowling has been a long-time friend of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah Brown. These views have been criticised as transphobic by some LGBT rights organisations and some feminists, but have received support from other feminists. Since late 2019, Rowling has publicly voiced her opinions on transgender people and related civil rights.

She opposed Scottish independence in a 2014 referendum and Brexit during the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union. Rowling, writer of Harry Potter and other Wizarding World works, has garnered attention for her support of the Labour Party under Gordon Brown and her criticism of the party under Jeremy Corbyn, as well as her opposition to the Republican Party under Donald Trump. Rowling reads from Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone at the 2010 Easter Egg Roll at the White House.īritish author J.

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