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JK Rowling is seriously pissed at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Published 12:06 31 Aug 2016 BST

Carl Kinsella
JK Rowling is seriously pissed at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

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Safe to say she's not a fan.

Every now and then, Harry Potter creator and author JK Rowling wades into the politics of the muggle world - like when she released a lengthy statement asking Scottish people to vote to remain part of the UK. Rowling has also expressed her distaste for current UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on a few occasions. Corbyn is currently engaged in a leadership battle with challenger Owen Smith. Corbyn currently leads Smith by a landslide margin in the polls 62% to 38%. Nevertheless, Rowling has continued to voice her opposition to the Islington North MP, taking to Twitter on Wednesday morning to reaffirm her disapproval of Corbyn's leadership. When asked by a fan what she does when she can't sleep, she replied "Try to stop thinking about Jeremy Corbyn." This was shortly after she'd posted a less specific tweet that read "One day in the far distant future we'll look back and we WONT LAUGH, LABOUR, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T BLOODY FUNNY." https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/770886669901959168 https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/770887083074420736 Further to this, Rowling also retweeted a question for Corbyn submitted to Pink Times that demands from Corbyn an explanation for aligning with "homophobic individuals, groups and regimes," including the IRA. https://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/770774915444248576 You don't want to piss off the woman who invented Voldemort, we suppose. Read more:
JK Rowling is seriously pissed at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn