Prime Ministers & secrets

[Barry]

No: HPFGUIDX 180455

> dreamyclaire:

> 2. > and this is the Prime Minister not the President of the United
> States, Gordon Brown has 1 police man outside his door and 2 at
> the end of the road he doesn't have a huge squad of bodyguards
> that could hang around him day and night until the Minister of
> Magic poped by again

This is from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Downing_Street
"Heavy security measures are present, if not always visible." 
"The gated entrance holds a box where several uniformed heavily armed
police stand guard".
This illustrates one on my problems with HP. I can read and enjoy all
the books while putting a hold on my criticisms of the text. But I'm
increasingly bothered by the context. JKR ignores so much of the real
world while painting a detailed, if inconsistent, WW.

Barry