Muggle and magic worlds

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 24379

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., frantyck at y... wrote:
> If the British Prime Minister agreed to help with the hunt for 
Sirius 
> what, as a politician and administrator, did he demand in return? 
> Help with espionage? Charms to convince voters? That toothy grin of 
> his?


Why would the British Prime Minister want payback?  It is in his 
interests as well as the Magical Community's interests that Sirius is 
captured - as far as he knows, Sirius is a danger to Muggles as well 
as Witches and Wizards, so he would want the situation resolved as 
quickly as possible.  

Also, it is mentioned in GoF that the Death Eaters tortured and 
killed many Muggles for fun, and presumably the PM was told that 
Sirius Black was allegedly a Death Eater (at least a supporter of 
Voldemort) and as such was probably responsible for many Muggle 
deaths. 

Therefore, the PM would not want this to spill over into the Muggle 
world.  Containment would be very important to him.

Catherine
(BTW, when these events took place, it was John Major, not Tony Blair 
who was PM - I assume you are referring to the latter when you 
mention the "toothy grin.")