Excellent update, as usual, even though this chapter seemed to have a lot of filler. The significant thing seems to be the fact that Scrimgeour and the others are walking into a trap, but there's not much else to discuss. Hopefully Harry will see Hermione again in the next chapter, we've been missing out on their interactions for far too long.
Author's response
There isn't going to be any interaction between Harry and Hermione in this story, as you well know. There will be one in the next story.