"Well," Pansy said lowly, leaning into the middle of the group, "I’ve heard, that there’s rumours that old Fudge is on his last legs - he can hardly try and deny all of this when literally the entire school was there as witness, can he? When all of us are writing back to our parents with the same story. Apparently, Barnabas Cuffe - the Prophet’s editor-in-chief - has turned his back on Fudge. Decided that his number is up, and that publishing the Ministry line is no longer in the Prophet’s best interest. There’re rumours of an election being called before the end up the year,"