HBP - it's that man again, mostly

[carolynwhite2]

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> > Question to you Kneasy, what do you think about Scrimgouer? 
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> Kneasy:
> Scrimgeour. Says an awful lot about him that Dear Dolly is still 
something significant in the Ministry. Plus his obsession with 
presenting a common front, trying to look effective  etc. Typical 
political bureaucrat. Total tosser. Wouldn't trust him as far as the 
foot of our stairs. Has there been a purge *inside* the
> Ministry? Bet there hasn't; just the signs on a few doors have 
changed. 

Carolyn:
As Ginger asked earlier today, what relation is he to Brutus 
Scrimgeour, author of 'The Beater's Bible'? He whose first rule 
is 'take out the seeker' (see QTTA, p.27). Ages ago I wrote a long 
post all about Quidditch-related corruption at the heart of the 
Ministry, and the new Minister for Magic's general shiftiness fits in 
nicely. 

How about Brutus is Rufus' brother, uncle or father, an ex-Slytherin 
DE-sympathiser, and tasked with a fallback-plan involving nobbling 
Harry and the Gryffindor Quidditch team for good?? 

Alternatively, maybe JKR mis-remembered she called him Brutus first 
time round, and they are one and the same person...