[HPforGrownups] Men from the Ministry

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 72309

manawydan wrote:
> June:
>>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "T.M. Sommers" <tms2 at m...> 
>>wrote:
>>
>>>It seems that the position of Minister of (or for) Magic is a 
>>>political appointment, since Dumbledore was considered for it, 
>>>and he is not a civil servant.  That implies the existence of a 
>>>Permanent Under Secretary of State for Magic.  We have not yet 
>>>met this person, but I hope we do, for I would love to see the 
>>>wizarding equivalent of Sir Humphrey Appleby.
> 
> Nasty thought, but Dolores Umbridge perhaps

No.  Umbridge is pure evil, whereas Humphrey was a moral vacuum. 
  Besides, Humphrey was competent.

>>..or indeed Bernard... ;-)
> 
> At the risk of a one-liner, that's got to be Percy!

Percy isn't witty enough.

Fudge would make a good Hacker, though.