Rishi Sunak defends JK Rowling amid Scotland hate crime row

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Rishi Sunak defends Harry Potter author JK Rowling saying “people should not be criminalised for stating simple facts on biology.” His statement follows outrage over tweets made by Rowling where she described several transgender women as men.  Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 Well, look, we're not going to do anything like that here in England.

00:04 We should not be criminalising people saying common sense things about biological sex.

00:10 Clearly that isn't right.

00:11 We have a proud tradition of free speech and I think it just shows,

00:14 whether it's the SNP or the Labour, these are the wrong set of priorities for the country.

00:18 I'm focused on delivering on the things that really matter to people and that's why this week

00:22 we're rolling out free childcare to many more parents as an example of us building

00:26 a brighter future for our country.

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