Scrimgeour probably doesn't have any personal experience with what his mad parents can do, though. And now that we know his traitor parents are alive, maybe Scrimgeour thinks it'll be a nice way to rub their face in the fact that their son is being considered for the cadet programme, which is of course only for the most loyal and talented among those our age.

I dunno, though. It's more like Longbottom to try to shrink away and hope no one notices him. It'll be interesting to see what he does now that this article has come out about him.