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[sensaes]

J. K. Rowling has donated £1m to the Labour Party:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7626589.stm

That'll be Baroness Rowling come the New Year's Honours List, then (she's already got an OBE).

Edit (19/01/2009): It was only brought to my attention today that

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[spyderfyngers]

Oh great.

[sensaes]

It may not be humanly possible for me to contain all the love I have in my heart for Rowling now.

Do I mean "love"?

Tsk. Silly me. I meant vile, wretched LOATHING.

Yes, that's the one. Hopeless with these "emotion" things...

[skepoet]

J. K. Rowling has donated £1m to the Labour Party.

Even with Gordon Brown at the helm?

[sensaes]

Absolutely. He's quite a fan:

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/pm%20praises%20rowling%20after%20outstanding%20achievement%20win_1065214

And if that link holds together with all those superfluous characters in it, I'll be impressed. Just in case it doesn't, here's the relevant quote

[helice]

Something tells me that they wouldn't consider themselves lucky to know her as a friend if she hadn't made shed loads of dosh either!

[sensaes]

Post-Blair it's all desperately "Lukewarm Britannia", isn't it?

Not hard to imagine Brown wearing an "I Like Wizards With Big Export Licences" t-shirt...

Off-topic, but...

[sensaes]

...that BBC4 series on the Mediaeval Mind has finally made it to BBC2 (18:00 tonight).

Re: Off-topic, but...

[spyderfyngers]

That series was good. I liked the American lady-historian with the pretty piercings.