[HPforGrownups] Filch's loyalties

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 70969

 Richelle
None of the teachers sided with Umbridge (even Snape, and that would've been
good for his mission. If his mission indeed involves spying for Dumbledore).

 Me

It wasn't in the interest of any of the teachers to side with Umbridge
because she was interfering in their work - she was planning on making Filch
s job more fun.

But I don't understand the above point - Snape is supposedly spying for
Dumbledore amongst the DEs, how would ingratiating himself with a fanatical
member of the Ministry help? Other than banning the DA (which Snape probably
didn't know about - uh the DA that is not the banning) nothing Umbridge did
was particularly helpful to the DEs

Besides I think even if the DEs did wonder why he wasn;'t helping her when
she was anti-Dumbldore he could just have said "Have you met her? She's
insane!".
As long as someone at the school was from the order to keep an eye on Harry
Dumbledore might have been better off away from the school - after all he'd
have more free time and no position which the Ministry could use to try and
keep him in line. As a rivate citizen Albus could do whatever the heck he
wanted and the Ministry couldn't do a darn thing about it.

K