Who is Larry the cat’s family?

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Just seen mention of Larry the cat making an appearance for the first cabinet meeting. But… does someone live and sleep there continuously with him? Does he have a family? Is he a lone ranger, does he live independently? What’s the deal?

What if someone implanted some sort of secret recording device in him and listened in to all the cabinet meetings?

I wouldn’t mind paying for Larry at all. It’s the human ministers that don’t seem like good value.

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You know what, I bet someone has already tried to do that. There will be bug detecting equipment in use at No 10 regularly though.

These feline officials were not democratically elected.

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15 minute video all about Larry on iplayer.
Trigger warning - pigeon abuse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0020gb8/the-list-7-times-larry-the-cat-caused-mischief

Seeing Jeremy Hunt leave No. 11 yesterday I wondered how well his dog got on with Larry

This. He will be very much missed by most who work at no 10 when he passes. He always brings me joy when I see him on TV knowing what a fuss he is getting on the other side of the door. He is a civil servant rather than a pet of the PM who only ever lives there temporarily 🐱🐈

I remember reading once that Larry had to go to the vet because he seemed in pain. The vet said he was sensitive to touch because too many people constantly picked him up. Apparently, there is now a Hands Off Larry policy.

Larry's unofficial twitter account is run by one of the press agency photographers based at Downing Street.

There is a lot of waiting around so the photographers take a lot of footage of Larry!

I just saw this video, then this thread, Larry is great. I didn't know about the other cats though!

https://youtube.com/shorts/0gIzbvpamNg?si=cHxEyRbrskNKNETZ

If he needs the vet who would pay for that? appreciate staff tip up for food treats whatever but as any pet owner knows the price of vet treatment these days is not cheap
btw good age but our Minky is 22

Apparently the Starmers already have a cat. Not sure Larry will be too pleased given his past battles with other Official Cats.

The Sunaks' dog learnt to be wary apparently after a few swipes.

This is daft because I am definitely in favour of Keir as PM, but the fact he has a cat makes me even more pleased.

Heres hoping for relative cat peace in No 10

Surely if Larry has an official title he should be paid the salary for that role.
Does he get holiday pay. What about his pension.

He needs to have a word with Biden

I know someone who used to work in No.10 and I asked about this - apparently one of the household staff has overall responsibility for him as part of their job so they make sure he gets his vet checkups and whatnot, but generally speaking he is fussed over by everyone.

Palmerston 'retired' at the same time as the Permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign Office and went to live with him - well actually never returned after Covid.
My opinion he was part of a settlement afterBiris through the PUS under the bus over the PPEscandel.

What would happen if a prime minister moved in with a dog that didn't like cats

General election.

I remember an interview with David Cameron where he said Larry was a rescue cat & wasn't too fond of most men so they suspect he'd maybe had a bad experience with a man.
He liked all the women who were around number 10 and apparently he quite liked Barack Obama who gave him some fuss. The American delegation also bought him a cat toy as a gift which I thought was cute.

@Needmorelego look at poor old Palmerston's tail?! I bet that was Larry's doing.
I wonder how many mice he catches each year?

Larry has better staying power than Prime Ministers

@EsmaCannonball maybe that is why Sunak called an election, Larry had had enough with his dog

Attlee the speakers cat is beautiful and big!

www.instagram.com/p/C4NgN6gNb_D/?igsh=cWNzZms1MzZteml5

Larry came from Battersea just before I started a job there, and they have a
Blue Plaque next to the cattery pen he was in (not one of the legit metal ones, I think they made it themselves!)