The Secret Life of Arthur Weasley?

[Veronica]

No: HPFGUIDX 44589

Risti wrote
> Also, I've always thought that Mr. Weasley seems to know an awful 
>lot for the Ministry position he has.  I mean, think about all the 
>stuff Ron knows 'because dad is in the ministry.'

>From me:
I think Mr. W's personality has a lot to do with this. He is a 
friendly, likeable guy, and because he is such a good, kind person, 
he had lots of friends in the Ministery, in several different 
departments.

I think there is a lot of favor swapping in the MoM. After all, Mr. W 
helped Bagman's brother, and in return, Bagman got him great tickets. 
And Mr. W is the kind of guy that wants to help his friends and other 
good people (like Moody).

When you have good connections in lots of departments, you will learn 
a *lot* of stuff that you might never hear otherwise. (I've seen lots 
of evidence of that in the corporate world, anyway.)

Now, I am not ruling out that he might have played a very important 
role in the fight against Voldemort. In fact, I will be surprise to 
hear that he didn't, but I really think the items mentioned 
specifically in the first post are more a result of his friendly, 
outgoing personality than any secrets from his past.