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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - It seems the author of the hugely successful Harry Potter series has stepped into the political arena.
According to CTV.ca, J.K. Rowling reportedly donated $1 million pounds ($1.8 million CAD) to Britain’s Labour Party.
Rowling accused Britain’s Conservative Party, headed by David Cameron, of working against poor parents.
Britain’s Prime Minister and head of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown said he was “delighted” with the donation.
In a statement Rowling said, “David Cameron's promise of tax perks for the married is reminiscent of the Conservative government I experienced as a lone parent. It sends the message that the Conservatives still believe a childless, dual-income, but married couple is more deserving of a financial pat on the head than those struggling, as I once was, to keep their families afloat in difficult times.”
Rowling has publicized the fact that she was a struggling single mother prior to becoming wealthy from the success of the Harry Potter series.
