short introduction & lots of questions

[jacqbeagle at bigpond.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20414

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

Lindsay Answered:
>>> 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'! <<<
 


Oh my goodness !  Could you imagine what Sir Humphrey Appleby would 
make of this ?

Rowena