JK Rowling has slammed the SNP's "ludicrous" hate crime law and vowed not to delete her old social media messages.
Police Scotland has pledged to investigate every hate crime complaint reported - despite the force adopting a "proportionate response" approach to other crimes. Police in Northumbria cleared Rowling of criminality after she stated “India is cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is”. Rowling has been highly critical of the new hate crime legislation, arguing the “police are going to be very busy” when it becomes law.
She added: “I’m legally a woman. She knows I’m a woman and she calls me a man. It’s a protected characteristic.”
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