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U.K. Communist Party Backs Away Slowly After J.K. Rowling Expresses Support

PROTEGO

The author and virulent transphobe told her social media followers to vote Communist after accusing Labour Party leaders of abandoning women for transgender rights.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

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AJ McDougall

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