Chapter 1 (somewhat long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 136902

Geoff Bannister: Chapter 1 is set in the summer of 1996. The Prime 
> Minister was John Major, in his lastyear of office...
> Tony Blair was not elected until May 1997.

Alm:  ...HBP probably took place during Major's
> term (which is why I included his name and put it first), I think 
> that JKR may be having some fun with politics... One detail that 
> makes me think she's playing was the use of the pronoun "he" to 
> refer to  the current PM's predecessor (wasn't Major right after 
> Thatcher?); 


Yes, Thatcher stepped down in 1990 after a massive loss of public 
support. Of course, plenty of Britons felt she was for practical 
purposes indistinguishable from U.S. President Reagan, so Fudge 
might just be confused. He usually is.

That said, I think it's pretty clear the Prime Minister in Chapter 1 
is Johanthony Blaijor, whose film scenes will need to 
be shot twice, once with each PM, then spliced together.

-hekatesheadband