Gillian Keegan has defended Rishi Sunak’s support for JK Rowling’s criticism of Scotland’s new hate crime laws.

Prime Minister says people should not be criminalized for ‘stating simple biological facts’ harry potter The author, who has become a fierce critic of the Scottish government’s stance on trans rights, criticized the legislation as entrenching existing hate crime laws and creating a new offense of inciting hatred against a protected characteristic.

Women have no legal protection; Scottish government says separate laws will tackle misogyny.