Order Only: Changes at the Ministry
Jan. 11th, 2010 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_arthurFor those watching from afar, I think the dust has more or less settled by now. Those of us in the thick of things are starting to cautiously poke our heads back up now that the the dragons have stopped trumpeting and throwing fireballs around, i.e., I think we finally have a good picture of what the organisational structure will be. At least, I haven't heard of any more changes in the past half hour. Progress.
Here's the news I have on some of the key positions
Minister - Fudge
Sr. Undersecretary - Umbridge
Div. Protectorate Affairs - Selwyn
Dept. Purity Control - Warrington
Department of Muggle Domestication - Spencer-Wells
Asst. Director MD - Dunstan (I've heard different stories as to whether Griderson's actually been sacked, or merely placed on administrative leave, pending Selwyn's investigation. But it's clear that the replacement is permanent)
Dept. of Education and Public Information - Massopust
Div. of Education - Unnamed as of yet
Div. of Wizarding Communications - Plympton
Asst. Director WC - not heard yet
Well, well. The biggest news that everyone's talking about, of course, is Umbridge being blamed for the whole epidemic fiasco and being demoted, and Fudge stepping up. I overheard someone wonder out loud why Selwyn didn't step in as Minister of Magic himself, rather than letting Fudge promote over him, and I was hard put to stifle my snorting at the very idea. It's clear from the caliber of people they put in that role (Umbridge, Fudge) that the Minister of Magic is a mere patsy, and that's something you'll never consider Selwyn, particularly with that Dark Mark on his arm.
Norma's quietly rejoicing that Griderson's out, but I'm a little less optimistic. I've worked with Dunstan. A social climbing snob, I'd call him. I find it difficult to believe that Muggle welfare will be his first priority. They pulled him in from Purity Control ostensibly because the MD department was filled with negligent bureaucrats (i.e., Griderson) who allowed the epidemic to hot up under their watch rather than 'considering what should have been their first priority, the safety of the realm.' (What codswallop; everyone knows the first concern of everyone at Muggle Domestication is supposed to be filling every possible requisition order for slave labour.) Well, they can't pin that accusation on Norma, fortunately. She kept copies of all the memos she sent to Griderson begging him to get the word out (and all the ones he replied to her, ordering to keep her mouth shut on the subject.) The parchment trail made an excellent excuse to sack Griderson, and they also protected her, at least somewhat.
Bill, it seems that there was something to that conversation you overheard in your department. Massopust has jumped two spots, over Plympton, and moreover, he was apparently adroit enough to keep the ambitious Miss Robins out of his department.
Bill, have you heard who's going to be taking over Massopust's old position?
Here's the news I have on some of the key positions
Minister - Fudge
Sr. Undersecretary - Umbridge
Div. Protectorate Affairs - Selwyn
Dept. Purity Control - Warrington
Department of Muggle Domestication - Spencer-Wells
Asst. Director MD - Dunstan (I've heard different stories as to whether Griderson's actually been sacked, or merely placed on administrative leave, pending Selwyn's investigation. But it's clear that the replacement is permanent)
Dept. of Education and Public Information - Massopust
Div. of Education - Unnamed as of yet
Div. of Wizarding Communications - Plympton
Asst. Director WC - not heard yet
Well, well. The biggest news that everyone's talking about, of course, is Umbridge being blamed for the whole epidemic fiasco and being demoted, and Fudge stepping up. I overheard someone wonder out loud why Selwyn didn't step in as Minister of Magic himself, rather than letting Fudge promote over him, and I was hard put to stifle my snorting at the very idea. It's clear from the caliber of people they put in that role (Umbridge, Fudge) that the Minister of Magic is a mere patsy, and that's something you'll never consider Selwyn, particularly with that Dark Mark on his arm.
Norma's quietly rejoicing that Griderson's out, but I'm a little less optimistic. I've worked with Dunstan. A social climbing snob, I'd call him. I find it difficult to believe that Muggle welfare will be his first priority. They pulled him in from Purity Control ostensibly because the MD department was filled with negligent bureaucrats (i.e., Griderson) who allowed the epidemic to hot up under their watch rather than 'considering what should have been their first priority, the safety of the realm.' (What codswallop; everyone knows the first concern of everyone at Muggle Domestication is supposed to be filling every possible requisition order for slave labour.) Well, they can't pin that accusation on Norma, fortunately. She kept copies of all the memos she sent to Griderson begging him to get the word out (and all the ones he replied to her, ordering to keep her mouth shut on the subject.) The parchment trail made an excellent excuse to sack Griderson, and they also protected her, at least somewhat.
Bill, it seems that there was something to that conversation you overheard in your department. Massopust has jumped two spots, over Plympton, and moreover, he was apparently adroit enough to keep the ambitious Miss Robins out of his department.
Bill, have you heard who's going to be taking over Massopust's old position?
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Date: 2010-01-12 03:00 pm (UTC)Is it also going to increase your security level to the point that the Order will be able to get its hands on new information?
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Date: 2010-01-12 03:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-13 12:19 am (UTC)It's good to know they continue impressed with your skills - and that you've continued to fool them into thinking you're on their side.
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Date: 2010-01-12 03:24 pm (UTC)I've just caught up with a stack of Prophets from the weekend, and I'm staring at an obituary for a reporter named Maxine Hamilton. It's very brief--blunt, I'd call it. Says she was found dead beside an overflowing rubbish skip in Knockturn Alley.
This is the reporter who broke the story, isn't it? Or am I mistaken?
No wonder Malfoy was gloating about how submissive the reporters had been during yesterday's meeting!
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Date: 2010-01-12 03:34 pm (UTC)Congratulations on your promotion. That's truly marvellous.
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Date: 2010-01-12 05:47 pm (UTC)Bill, see what you can find out.