JK Rowling says Labour has let down trans row MP Rosie Duffield

Harry Potter author speaks out after Duffield compares being in Labour to ‘abusive relationship’

JK Rowling (Getty Images)

JK Rowling has accused Labour of failing to support MP Rosie Duffield, who claims to have been “cold shouldered” by the party over her views on transgender issues.

Ms Duffield compared being in the party to an abusive relationship she had been in after she faced criticism for her stance on women’s rights in the transself-identification debate.

The row intensified after it emerged that a spokesman for Sir Keir Starmer suggested Ms Duffield’s constituents wanted the Canterbury MP to “spend a bit more time” in her constituency rather than “hanging out with JK Rowling”.