JK Rowling has launched her latest attack on Nicola Sturgeon, claiming the former First Minister would have been "lighting the pyres" during Scotland's historical witch-burning era.
The Harry Potter author's comments came after Sturgeon was confronted at the Dundee Book Festival about her stance on gender reforms whilst chairing a discussion about witch trials.
Writing on X, Rowling declared: "If Sturgeon had been around in the 1500s she'd have been right there lighting the pyres. 'Ungodly women like this not only blight the crops and turn the milk, they almost certainly put a spell on my husband which made him pilfer all the tithes.'"
The confrontation occurred when lawyer Bryndis Blackadder challenged Sturgeon during a book festival event at the weekend.
Blackadder told Sturgeon her opposition to gender reforms had inspired her to retrain in law.
She was booed by the audience when she said: "I've spent years being called a witch for fighting for women's rights. I do not understand how you can sit here and have the cognitive dissonance of trying to diminish women in legislation."
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