The Other Minister (was Re: Is Umbridge a commentary on British govt. ed

[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
> 
> I take the (male) Prime Minister in "The Other Minister" to be simply
> a mild satire on self-interested politicians. Umbridge is obviously a
> much more sinister figure.

Tonks:
Don't know about Umbridge. But I thought that "the Other Minister" was 
Tony Blair and he was waiting for a phone call from President Bush. I 
am sure that was be a commentary on the U.S. president. And I loved 
it!!! "that horrible man".

Tonks_op