Rowling blasts campaign

LONDON: Popular writer JK Rowling on Monday flayed the acrimony in the EU referendum campaign, calling it “uglier than any I can remember in my lifetime”.

LONDON: Popular writer JK Rowling on Monday flayed the acrimony in the EU referendum campaign, calling it “uglier than any I can remember in my lifetime”.

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The creator of Harry Potter urged voters to reject the depiction of the 28-nation European Union as a faceless monster.

The author wrote on her personal website that “I’m not an expert on much, but I do know how to create a monster”.

She described the campaign for the June 23 vote on Britain’s future in the EU as “one of the most divisive and bitter political campaigns ever waged”.

“For some on the leave side, the EU is not merely imperfect, or in need of improvement: it is villainous. The union ...is depicted as an Orwellian monolith, Big Brotheresque in its desire for control.”