May 9, 2026 10:30 PM
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JK Rowling has blasted Keir Starmer for appointing Labour stalwart Harriet Harman as Downing Street's new adviser on women and girls following her past comments that trans women are women. The under-fire Prime Minister appears to be inviting Labour grandees back into the fold after a disastrous set of local election results.
Starmer posted a picture on X of himself sitting next to Harman, while proudly announcing her new role advising the government. But Rowling, who has championed the rights of biological women, referred to Harman's past statement that trans women are women and quipped: "You cannot defend what you're afraid to define."
Later on, she added: “Once somebody's proven they're too frightened of being called 'bigot' to defend the most vulnerable, they've shown who they are.”
Speaking after the Prime Minister's announcement, Rowling wrote on X: "Bravo, Keir Starmer, for getting in an Adviser on Women and Girls who thinks the definition of women and girls includes men and boys. That'll definitely win back people who believe Labour's a party for smug, lanyard-wearing, luxury-belief-espousing cultural elitists."
Rowling, a former Labour supporter herself, later added: "Polite notice to those urging me to show blind tribal allegiance to a party that's screwed over female nurses who want to change in a female-only space, female prisoners housed with male sex offenders and female rape survivors who want an all-female support service: nope."
JK Rowling has blasted Keir Starmer for appointing Labour stalwart Harriet Harman as Downing Street's new adviser on women and girls following her past comments that trans women are women. The under-fire Prime Minister appears to be inviting Labour grandees back into the fold after a disastrous set of local election results.
Starmer posted a picture on X of himself sitting next to Harman, while proudly announcing her new role advising the government. But Rowling, who has championed the rights of biological women, referred to Harman's past statement that trans women are women and quipped: "You cannot defend what you're afraid to define."
Later on, she added: “Once somebody's proven they're too frightened of being called 'bigot' to defend the most vulnerable, they've shown who they are.”
Speaking after the Prime Minister's announcement, Rowling wrote on X: "Bravo, Keir Starmer, for getting in an Adviser on Women and Girls who thinks the definition of women and girls includes men and boys. That'll definitely win back people who believe Labour's a party for smug, lanyard-wearing, luxury-belief-espousing cultural elitists."
Rowling, a former Labour supporter herself, later added: "Polite notice to those urging me to show blind tribal allegiance to a party that's screwed over female nurses who want to change in a female-only space, female prisoners housed with male sex offenders and female rape survivors who want an all-female support service: nope."
