The Daily Prophet:: 3 January 1998
FRONT PAGE Changes in Store for New Year Rose Faust
As the majority of the Ministry returns to work from the winter holiday and students return to school, Ministry spokeswoman and chief of the Wizengamot issued a release this morning promising widespread changes throughout the Ministry and wizarding Britian in the coming week.
“These are dangerous times,” Umbridge stated to the press this morning, “Undesirables are running amok in the streets, supported by the Headmaster of Hogwarts himself. There are even legitimate rumous of a vigilante group making plans to overrun the Ministry of Magic and put control into the hands of those who would destroy our very way of life. The veil of secrecy, the superiority of magical blood and magical traditions, these things must be protected and the Wizengamot, fully supported by Minister Thicknesse and his cabinet, are poised to see this done.”
There has been no word yet as to the work the Wizengamot has been doing over the holiday, but sources within the Ministry have stated that they suspect these widespread changes to begin as early as tomorrow morning.
I, for one, look forward to the news. As always, The Daily Prophet will report anything of note as it is announced.