J.K. Rowling takes aim at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
By Dan Selcke
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling isn’t hesitant to weigh in on politics, and had some choice things to say about Jeremy Corbyn following the Brexit vote.
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J.K. Rowling has been stirring up a storm on her Twitter feed lately. The UK’s vote to leave the European Union (Brexit) vote was a big deal to her–much like the Scottish independence vote, she was for everyone staying together. But unlike that vote last year, this time she was on the losing side.
She’s been frank about her dissatisfaction with Brexit winning since the results came down last week. Recently, she had a couple of pointed things to say about embattled Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who currently faces pressure to resign following what some in the party see as his half-hearted support to keep Britain in the EU.
Read how she replied to one Corbyn supporter who compared the politician to Albus Dumbledore.
@jk_rowling Corbyn is widely seen by my generation as a political Dumbledore. Therefore, you have joined the ministry. Good luck, madam.
— Charlotte Rhiannon (@charlotterhiann) June 30, 2016
Rowling did not seem enthusiastic about the comparison.
I forgot Dumbledore trashed Hogwarts, refused to resign and ran off to the forest to make speeches to angry trolls. https://t.co/TOD1xQwUIW
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 30, 2016
Not all of Corbyn’s supporters appreciated being called angry trolls. Many responded back, like this guy:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a debate. Or a shouting match. It’s always hard to tell on the internet. In any case, Rowling responded:
Just as a matter of interest, have you ever gone without food to feed your child, Dan?
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 30, 2016
And it continued.
I know what grinding poverty feels like and the memory never, ever leaves you. How's Labour helping those people right now?
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 30, 2016
The author later clarified that she didn’t “think all Corbynites are angry trolls” and called on Labour to elect new leaders who could address poverty. There’s rarely a dull day on J.K. Rowling’s Twitter feed.
I'll use my influence whatever way I want. This country needs to be freed of fascists on both right and left. https://t.co/vdNCFkAVGI
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 27, 2016
For a more placid (but still Harry Potter-related) take on the Brexit story, check out this video from Ross Everett, who asked British citizens in favor of staying in the EU to explain the situation to him. At 0:43, he asks the question we’ve all been waiting to hear: “So if you had to explain to me the Brexit in terms of Harry Potter, how would you do it?”
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The girl he asks has her Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince references at the ready, but then again, she was holding a sign with Voldemort on it, so it would have been embarrassing otherwise.
h/t Digital Spy