Rowling in storm over nationalism

J K Rowling yesterday said she is “mighty tired” of Scottish Nationalists claiming their politics was unlike “nasty kinds” of nationalism.

The Harry Potter author said she had a “bulging folder” of “xenophobic and anglophobic screenshots” when she made a series of twitter posts. Ms Rowling, who was a donor to the Better Together campaign, found herself taken to task by Yes supporters.

“Some of us are getting mighty tired of Scottish Nationalists insistence that their nationalism is nothing like the other, nasty kinds, in considerable evidence to the contrary,” she tweeted.

Responding to criticism from Yes supporters, she went on to say: “Happy to take your word for it that such people aren’t representative of the entire movement. Happy to accept that the bulging folder of xenophobic and anglophobic screenshots I have on my laptop aren’t the whole story.”

Ms Rowling backed up her argument by reproducing offensive tweets that appeared to be from Yes supporters.

SNP strategist Ross Colquhoun tweeted: “I’m not convinced finding a few tweets that confirm your blatant prejudice is justification for portraying pro-independence people as racists, tbh.”