[HPforGrownups] Re: short introduction & lots of questions

[Lindsay Stirton]

No: HPFGUIDX 20370


>>> Question 1: Can anybody tell me how a person becomes Minister of
> Magic? 

In terms of the British Constitution, Ministers are appointed by the Prime
Minister, who is appointed by the Queen from the House of Commons. There is
precedent that Ministers do not have to be members of either Houses of
Parliament, though this is very unusual.

This is not as daft as it sounds. There is obviously communication at the
highest levels between the muggle authorities and the Ministry of Magic at
the highest level - the Minister of Magic alerts the muggle authorities
about Sirius Black's escape in POA. So it is not straining things too much
to suppose that the Ministry of Magic is simply a Ministry of the British
Government, much as the Ministry of Agriculture etc.

It makes you think about Tony Blair in a different light, doesn't it? Maybe
the Tories weren't so far off the mark in 1997 with those 'demon eyes'!

Lindsay