Well, from the Council keeping power PoV, it does make perfect sense.

I'm rewatching Harry Potter and after reading your stories now each time I see Draco being an ass, I can't help thinking he's doing it because he loves Harry. I'm watching the first one so we had that "I think I can tell who's okay to hang with moment" and I'm thinking, Oh, look, Harry totally flummoxed Draco there. *grin*