[HPforGrownups] Umbridge and Fudge

[Ffred Clegg]

No: HPFGUIDX 152948

  Carol wrote:

>noting that Umbridge is Fudge's Senior Undersecretary and Percy
>is his Junior Assistant, and wondering if Umbridge is also responsible
>for, erm, brainwashing Percy

Nothing quite so subtle, I think (and didn't JKR confirm that Percy was 
acting of his own free will?) But Percy's associating every day with these 
two (and others in their circle) and he's got no other influences to 
countervail them (whatever _did_ happen to Penny?): he's drinking his 
morning coffee with them, going for a beer at lunchtime, taking notes at 
meetings - it would be very hard for a young and impressionable man like 
Percy not to get sucked in to their way of thinking.

hwyl

Ffred (who can't help thinking about the speech by David Owen back in the 
early 80s when he talked about the "politics of fudge and mudge")