[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizards and the Queen

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 83888

sachmet96 at yahoo.co.uk writes:
First, I am not British so I only have a basic idea about the UK 
government, but when it was said that Fudge informed the Muggle Prime 
Minister I kind of assumed that because it is explicitly stated that 
it is the Muggle Prime Minister there is also a 'Wizarding' Prime 
Minister, why else state the 'Muggle' if there was only one Prime 
Minister for the muggle and wizarding world?
As mentioned earlier, I read this comment differently.  There really can't be 
two "Prime" anythings, so the phrase "Muggle Prime Minister" says to me that 
the WW believes that the PM and other Ministers dictate life in the Muggle 
world, not theirs.  The existance of the Minister of Magic, indeed, the entire 
Ministry, is unknown to the Muggle world.

I'm assuming that the WW recognizes the person and power of the Sovereign 
(ancient instutions tend to respect each other, however grudgingly), and thus, it 
is the Minister of Magic alone, and not the Prime Minister, who deleivers the 
Queen's will to them.

Now, this does open the question of Parliament.  Does the "muggle" parliament 
make laws for the wizarding community?  I doubt it.  Nor do I imagine that 
the MoM works by dictate of the Minister.  Thus, there must be a representative 
legislature of the WW, perhaps the Wizengamot or something like it.

  --  Ray


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