In her long-awaited memoir, Frankly, the former Scottish first minister details how it felt to have police raid the home she shared with her ex-husband Peter Murrell, as well as shedding light on her relationship with her predecessor Alex Salmond and the row over trans rights that dominated her final months in the job.

JK Rowling has responded after Nicola Sturgeon reflected on the abuse she received over trans rights while in office. Sturgeon said the author’s “incendiary” comments about trans people had made it “impossible” to “illuminate the issues at the heart [of the debate]”.

Harry Potter author astonished at claims by former first minister, who wanted to allow biological males to use female lavatories

Scotland's former first minister discusses the impact of JK Rowling’s “Sturgeon: destroyer of women’s rights,” t-shirt.

The former Scottish first minister said she did not know if the Harry Potter author would be willing to take part in a debate with her.