Acclaimed author JK Rowling has revealed that she declined two offers of a peerage, despite Kemi Badenoch's public statement that she would nominate Rowling to the House of Lords if successful in her bid for Conservative leadership.
JK Rowling has disclosed that she turned down two offers of a peerage following Kemi Badenoch 's public statement that she would nominate the writer to the House of Lords.
She elaborated further, saying: "I've already turned down a peerage twice, once under Labour and once under the Tories. If offered one a third time, I still wouldn't take it. It's not her, it's me." In a conversation with the online broadcasting channel Talk, the ex-minister for equalities, Ms Badenoch, stated that she had "managed to get Dr Hilary Cass a peerage" after her contentious review on NHS gender identity services.
Rowling expressed approval of the review's conclusions, which consequently led to NHS England ceasing the issuance of puberty blockers to young patients struggling with gender dysphoria. Rowling has consistently championed the protection of spaces for biological women and has voiced her concerns about trans issues within the sports industry.
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