My attempts to write a political allegory (if that's the word I am looking for) about a politician named Nicola and her rise to power as part of the British Muggle Party aren't going as well as I'd hoped.
The basic idea is that about two, three years after the magical secret comes out, Nicola Grafton (who revealed the secret originally) uses fear of magic and mages to gain a massive majority in Parliament. And then to bring in a number of oppressive rules against mages. She also opens up the policy of "Voluntary Resettlement" for mages - citing the fact they'd be happier amongst their own kind in other countries than in a hostile environment.
The trouble is I either make it far too obvious who I am talking about, or I realise I am not making it clear enough.
So, maybe Harry Potter and Politics don't mix. Which, given the similarities between the Death Eaters and The BNP is kind of surprising.
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