It wasn't bats, it was raccoons! They're trying to kill us all! Mahrlect trash pandas. They must have the greatest PR department in the world considering how well portrayed they are in memes.
That's a pretty flipping good argument. It's funny, I had the same idea when reading the last books. First off, I really like the books. It's very funny to hear you state your case. I have always thought it was funny that aliens always land in America (other than once when they obviously got lost and landed in South Africa in "District 9" or whatever that movie was). I didn't really think about the UK being ego-centric on magic! I guess in my mind, it was justified by the fact that it wasn't a hostile takeover so to speak, as the characters coment a number of times that he does it in the shadows, putting puppets in place that he controls, etc. She definitely doesn't make a big deal out of the rest of the world. There is some, with Beauxbatons and Durmstrang as well as at the Quidditch world cup. Unfortunately, seems like all the bad guys are in England as apart from that guy he dueled when he was younger, all the Death Eaters are English!!! (I might have missed a couple, but no-one major for sure). Ironically JK Rowling has depicted the seat of magical evil being (at least at that time) in the UK. Funny. Your take on Quidditch is very interesting. Even without being able to spot the Snitch, I think watching the main game would have been fun and with a surprise adrenaline boost whenever the Seekers spotted it and did one of the dives. Does overpower that player though, I agree. Would make for interesting tactics. Plus I would personally LOVE to play the game. Always liked the idea of flying. If one of @NIGHTBRINGER 's potions had been flight, I would have chosen that one for sure
I forgot to mention when Scotland was having a vote whether they wanted to remain in the UK or whether they wanted to become a separate nation. Rowling donated A LOT of money to the remain in the UK camp. I don't remember which comedian pointed it out, but the vaguely Scottish red head Ron Weasley was clearly subordinate to the more traditionally English Harry Potter. Rowling at least has a fondness for Scotland's geography. She said in an interview that she meant to imply that Hogwartz is in Scotland because it's a long train ride north from London and she meant the terrain to be inspired by Scotland. Being as I'm not in the UK I don't have any strong opinions on Scottish nationalism.
Obviously because an alien invasion of Europe requires dealing with a man in a blue box, wacky Nazi super-science, and the powers of Stalinism.