[HPforGrownups] Why I lurk AND a question

[Hallie Usmar]

No: HPFGUIDX 17305

Lea said
'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?'
This is just my theory, but having witnessed Cornelius Fudge's inadequacies 
at Minister of Magic in books three and four, and assuming Fudge was MoM at 
the time of Lily and James' death, I think its entirely feasible to suggest 
that Dumbledore felt that the Ministry would probably send Harry to an 
orphanage, and the general assumption is that Harry is safe at the Dursleys 
thanks to 'blood magic', so obviously, Dumbledore would want him to be with 
relatives.  So, Hogwarts took over, presumably to prevent any Ministry 
blunders (and lets face it, beaurocrats have their fair share of blunders).
Hallie

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