Why I lurk AND a question (Ministry of Magic)

[Florence]

No: HPFGUIDX 17273

> > But, as I am writing I can ask a question that came up last night 
> when I
> > was listening to PS (Stephen Fry). I had not thought about it, but 
> why is
> > it people from Hogwarts who leave Harry at the Dursleys. Why not 
> someone
> > from Ministry of Magic?
> > 
> > -- 
> > // Lea
> 
> This same question bothered me. My guess is that we will find the 
> answer to it in the next book, "The Order of the Phoenix". My guess 
> is that Dumbledore, James Potter, and some others all belonged to 
OOP 
> and we will find out this answer and many more exciting facts about 
> them. (I would tell you that this was a great question ... but I 
will 
> let someone else do that... since it was my question too) :)))
> 

I've always thought that the Misistry of Magic was not very functional 
during the Voldemort years - either by mass infiltration or multiple 
deaths or whatever.  I thought that Fudge took over as minister after 
V's downfall (though looking back at the reference in PS it doesn't 
say this - are there any clues in the pensieve trial scenes as to 
when Fudge became minister?).  Anyway I think Dumbledore and his 
faithful (who I like to think of as 'the old gang') rather took 
matters into their own hands and no-one over-ruled them.  (If Fudge 
was the minister he was supposed to owl Dumbledore for advice every 
day anyway - so it would have been fairly easy for Dumbledore to take 
charge over the fate of Harry)

Florence

Florence