After ordering Lucius to deposit 900,000 galleons into my account, to pay for the Prophet takeover, I left to venture into the Muggle World. I stayed for a few days and bought up shares in companies I new would soon make it big in the world, such as Apple and Microsoft. I knew that they would give me a huge return on my investment and make me a very rich man indeed, hopefully enough that he would be able to stop having to leech off his followers; they were rich sure, but it wasn't infinite and they did have their own families to worry about, the Daily Prophet would also, wishfully, soon return me a profit.

Speaking of the Prophet, after a few days in the Muggle World, I returned to the Wizarding World and sent a letter to Cuffe, the next day it appeared in the houses of the majority of the witches and wizards in the country, printed on the front page of the Daily Prophet.

The Daily Prophet, Under New Ownership

A Letter from the Owner:

My fellow witches and wizards. My name is Oliver Bovin and I recently purchased a majority share in the newspaper you are currently reading. I wanted to introduce myself to you all and inform you of the future of the Prophet and what you can expect to see.

I have been in Wizarding Britain for many years now and I was always disappointed by the standards of journalism on display. While I am aware that the previous owner and Editor-in-Chief tried their very best, the level of journalistic integrity was always poor, quite frankly dear readers, the Prophet was at the beck and call of the Ministry. Mr Cuffe, who will remain in his post of Editor-in-Chief, admitted to me that he was often pressured by the Ministry to print articles favourable to them, or face severe consequences. Well, I refuse to allow this to continue, I know the British Magical Population want a free and fair press and so I decided to write an open letter today to tell you that the standards of this newspaper will never fall so low again; not with me at the helm.

Over the next few weeks, there will be a seismic change in the headquarters of the Prophet, writers and editors will leave and new ones will take their place, so that we can ensure the Prophet is truly independent again. If you would like to apply for a job, leave your credentials at the headquarters, in Diagon Alley.

I will end this letter with a very clear message for the Ministry of Magic: leave your hands off the Daily Prophet.

Thank you readers, enjoy today's issue, knowing that your press is free again.

Signed,

Oliver Bovin, President of the Daily Prophet

I hoped that the letter would drum up support within the magical population and also weaken the hold the Ministry had on the British wizards and witches. After all, if the Ministry was messing around with the press, what else were they interfering with? I tasked Lucius with perhaps challenging the Ministry from within the Wizengamot; hopefully we could capitalise on this further.

The letter also served another purpose, for many years there were some people who had started distrusting the Prophet, this supposed transparency would be an important step in bringing them back onside, it wasn't a massive proportion of the population, but it was a significant one.

The public outcry from the open letter led for calls for an investigation into Ministry interference of the press. A reluctant Minister Bagnold signed off on the investigation after the Wizengamot -virtually unanimously- supported the calls, and the subsequent report found systemic corruption in all government departments, leading all the way to the top of the Ministry. The ensuing outrage caused the resignation of nearly all the heads of the Ministry Departments, including the Minister for Magic herself. An emergency election was called.

Minister for Magic resigns, emergency election called!

By Vernice Catts, Political Correspondent

Today (1st February 1982), Millicent Bagnold resigned from the office of Minister for Magic. It comes after public outrage, and pressure from the Wizengamot, following the results of a Wizengamot report into corruption in the Ministry of Magic. It was found that the former Minister, along with other senior Ministry employees, including several Heads of Departments, engaged in acts of corruption, including pressuring the Daily Prophet and taking bribes.

Lord Lucius Malfoy, who was one of the writers of the report told the Daily Prophet, "While it is always sad to see a minister resign, it was the correct thing for Ms Bagnold to do, corruption is unacceptable and it is time for the Ministry to rebuild, corruption-free." The Prophet echos his comments.

The resignation has triggered an election, with the election confirmed for the 5thMay this year, a Ministry spokesperson confirmed to the Prophet earlier today.

We await to see who will run for Minister, the current favourite within the Prophet's political writer's room is Bartemius Crouch Senior, who escaped the inquest unscathed. Popular with many for his tough stance on the Death Eaters, though his popularity has suffered recently, with many suspected Death Eaters managing to escape capture, with reported sightings in France. Crouch refused a request for comment on both his potential campaign and the Death Eater sightings.

Whoever takes on the role will have a difficult job, with the public's trust of the Ministry at a low similar to what was seen after the outbreak of the 1752 Goblin Rebellion. A Daily Prophet poll yesterday found just 13% held the Ministry in high regard.

We will continue to monitor the election.

While I had not expected an inquest and multiple resignations, it was not an inconvenience. In fact, it may be an opportunity for the Dark to make some gains. Though it would have to be covert, it was only a few months after the end of the First Wizarding World and people linked with the Death Eaters, or even suspected Death Eaters would have no chance becoming Minister, if there were people sympathetic to the cause who had evaded detection, it would be a great coup. Though I wouldn't get my hopes up.

With that thought in mind, I apparated to Malfoy Manor.

VERY IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE!

And, after quite a while, there is an update!

A few developments here, I hope you enjoyed.

As over time, more and more Wizarding politics will come into play I wanted to explain how, in this story, the political system works, because as far as I know, Mrs Rowling hasn't been very clear.

The Minister for Magic position is not linked to the legislative Wizengamot, so it doesn't matter who the largest party in the legislative Wizengamot is, the Minister can be from a completely different party, or be independent.

The legislative Wizengamot is comprised of 144 seats, of which are 27 are hereditary (the Sacred Twenty Eight minus the Weasleys), one for the Minister of Magic and 16 for the heads of the different departments. Then 100 are elected by the public every five years.

The legislative Wizengamot is the legislative body, it can create, amend and repeal any law it wants (like the UK parliament).

There is also the Wizengamot court, where the hereditary Wizengamot members, the Minister, his undersecretary and the Head of the DMLE sit, they are sort of the Jury for any criminal cases that are severe enough to be bounced up that high.

The Chief Warlock is elected by the legislative Wizengamot and is one of their own (excluding the 17 Ministry officials who are exempt from being the CW)

The hereditary Wizengamot members are known as Lords, the elected are known as Representatives.

I had to be very creative since, like I said, Rowling isn't clear.

Speaking of which, although it was a while ago now, in internet terms at least, I feel like it is important for me to say wholeheartedly that despite what Mrs Rowling has said Trans people matter, they exist, they are human, and their rights and lives matter. Whether you were born a man and transitioned to a woman, vice versa, or you are non-binary/gender neutral, you do matter. Transphobia is abhorrent and it needs to be stamped out.

Also, Black lives matter, I think that says it all really, racism, in any form also needs to be stamped out.

With that said, I hope you enjoyed, please leave a review and let me know what you think of my created in 10 minutes political system, if you have any suggestions please let me know!