The prime minister said the Conservatives will 'always protect' free speech after the Harry Potter author dared police to arrest her if what she had said qualified as an offence under the new legislations.
Rishi Sunak has said people should not be criminalised 'for stating simple facts on biology' as he backed author JK Rowling in her criticism of new Scottish hate crime laws. The Harry Potter author, who has become a fierce critic of the Scottish government's stance on transgender rights, dared police to arrest her as the Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into effect yesterday.
The 58-year-old argued: 'It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women's and girls' rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man.
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