Jk Rowling Conjures Up Gbp 1m Donation for Labour
Scotland on Sunday › September 22, 2008
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IT'S THE strange saga of Harry Potter and the Downing Street war- chest. JK Rowling has sent a lightning bolt through British politics by donating GBP 1m to the Labour Party.
The donation, and the personal endorsement of one of world's best- known authors, has come as a much-needed boost for Gordon Brown as he fights for his political life. As well as nailing her colours to the Labour mast, the Scottish-based author launched a withering attack on David Cameron's Conservatives.See the full content of this document
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Jk Rowling Conjures Up Gbp 1m Donation for Labour
Labour currently has debts of around GBP 18m. But the writer's first explicit foray into partisan politics has divided her fans and led to a backlash from political opponents and traditional family- values campaigners.
In a statement, Rowling, who wrote th...See the full content of this document
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