Editing J. K. Rowling (section)

=== Politics ===
{{Main|Political views of J. K. Rowling}}
{{See also|Politics of Harry Potter{{!}}Politics of ''Harry Potter''}}
In 2008, Rowling donated £1&nbsp;million to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], endorsed the Labour prime minister [[Gordon Brown]] over his [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] challenger [[David Cameron]], and commended Labour's policies on child poverty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Harry Potter author JK Rowling gives £1&nbsp;million to Labour|first=Ben|last=Leach|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3021309/Harry-Potter-author-JK-Rowling-gives-1-million-to-Labour.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=13 June 2020|date=20 September 2008 |url-access=registration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920115952/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3021309/Harry-Potter-author-JK-Rowling-gives-1-million-to-Labour.html|archive-date=20 September 2008}}</ref> In June 2024, she wrote that she had a "poor opinion" of [[Keir Starmer]] and that it would be hard for her to vote for Labour.<ref>{{cite news |first= Brian |last= Wheeler |title= JK Rowling accuses Labour of abandoning women|date= 22 June 2024 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cndd65k06x8o |access-date= 24 July 2024 |publisher= [[BBC News]]}}</ref> When asked about the [[2008 United States presidential election]], she stated that "it is a pity that [[Hillary Clinton|Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama|Obama]] have to be rivals because both are extraordinary."{{sfn|Cruz|2008}}

In her "Single mother's manifesto" published in ''[[The Times]]'' in 2010, Rowling criticised the prime minister David Cameron's plan to offer married couples an annual tax credit. She thought that the proposal discriminated against single parents, whose interests the Conservative Party failed to consider.{{sfn|Richards|2017|pp=316–317}} Rowling opposed the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], due to concerns about the economic consequences, and donated £1&nbsp;million to the [[Better Together (campaign)|Better Together]] anti-independence campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carrell|first1=Severin|date=11 June 2014|title=JK Rowling donates £1m to Scotland's anti-independence campaign|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/11/jk-rowling-donates-scotland-anti-independence-campaign|url-status=live|access-date=11 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611101447/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/11/jk-rowling-donates-scotland-anti-independence-campaign|archive-date=11 June 2014}}</ref> She campaigned for the UK to stay in the [[European Union]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]]. She defined herself as an internationalist, "the mongrel product of this European continent",{{sfn|Pugh|2020|p=6}} and expressed concern that "racists and bigots" were directing parts of the Leave campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html|title=People's vote: Steve Coogan, Patrick Stewart and Delia Smith among famous faces marching for second Brexit referendum|work=[[The Independent]]|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=23 March 2019|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027024833/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html|archive-date=27 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

She opposed Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], but refused to support a [[Boycotts of Israel|cultural boycott of Israel]] in 2015, believing that depriving Israelis of shared culture would not dislodge him.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=27 October 2015|title=JK Rowling explains refusal to join cultural boycott of Israel|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/27/jk-rowling-explains-refusal-to-join-cultural-boycott-of-israel|access-date=6 January 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 2015, Rowling joined 150 others in signing a letter published in ''The Guardian'' in favour of cultural engagement with Israel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel needs cultural bridges, not boycotts – letter from JK Rowling, Simon Schama and others|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/israel-needs-cultural-bridges-not-boycotts-letter-from-jk-rowling-simon-schama-and-others|access-date=23 October 2015|date=22 October 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022235926/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/22/israel-needs-cultural-bridges-not-boycotts-letter-from-jk-rowling-simon-schama-and-others|archive-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>