Rowling's Political Contribution: Press Comments

Interesting editorial here.

But I find it bizarre that someone who values her privacy so much, who rarely gives interviews, should stick her neck above the parapet in the back-biting political world.

"I believe that poor and vulnerable families will fare much better under the Labour Party than they would under a Cameron-led Conservative Party," she said as she handed over the cash. All well and good, but why tell the world? If you're so concerned about the future of 'poor and vulnerable families', why not use the money to start a charity, rather than prop up a political party?

Perhaps the author is totally missing the VOLANT Charitable Trust in a rush to be catty? After all one of the purposes is:

Charities and projects, whether national or community-based, at home or abroad, that alleviate social deprivation, with a particular emphasis on women's and children's issues.

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