Larry the Downing Street cat

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I don’t have a cat so this is a genuine question. Apparently Larry the Downing St cat is about to ‘welcome’ his 7th Prime Minister since he came to Downing St 15 years ago. Will this be traumatic for him? I have no idea who actually feeds/looks after Larry, presumably it’s a government employee rather than the actual Prime Minister but given that civil servants will also rotate through Downing St what will be the impact of the constant change of ‘owners’ on Larry? Most cats only have one owner for their entire lives so is this likely to be upsetting for him or are cats ultimately more attached to places than people?

Larry has seen off Dilys (BoJo’s dog) in the past. Larry was there first.

Keir’s kitten Prince and rescue cat Jojo have left no 10.

Someone said Mrs B isn’t moving in so the dog could live with her? I always assumed there was a Larrycam so the front door openers know when he needs attention!

Quite. My money is on Larry. Others must know their place, and that includes prime ministers and their pets.

Not sure he is too fussed about who the prime minister is. Perhaps he's worried that there will be a rival cat at Number 10 North, though.

Plus he’s an old man! He needs to be shown respect by a mere dog.

New chancellor apparently doesn’t own any animals as his family dog died in recent years. Phew! Larry is safe.

Axel the dog a Bichon Poo and also a rescue is Burnham’s pet.

Definitely betting on Larry in that case.

A state funeral?

St Pawl's would be fitting.

They were a long time letting him into number 10 yesterday when I was watching live from Downing Street on bbc. I think there was something going on because he had to wait for ages.

It would.

I love Larry so much, he's a star!

And we're extra fond as he's the absolute spit of the cat we had when the kids were young - he was another excellent stripey moggy (and also a great mouser) 😍

Larry’s badass! He chased a fox away a few years ago, and caught a pigeon in front of shocked film crews, as well. Fox chasing -

I can’t abide the sanctimonious Larry the Cat twitter account and have to actively remind myself that it’s not really him…

I was going to say I follow Larry on Twitter and it appears he’s just fine with the new situation

Would Larry notice or even care that a new Prime Minister has moved in ?
By about Thursday , he'll fix Andy with a steely look and say "You dyed your hair , Kier?"

A cool Larry video!

Apparently that cat is now 20yo. Imagine being Larry's last PM!

According to Larry's SM he's most put out that Burnham has a dog!

He didn’t like BoJo’s dog and apparently frightened him.

There so should be! And if there isn't us Larry fans should petition for one!

A journalist friend tells me that her team has an obituary of Larry ready to go when the sad day comes. I imagine most news organisations are in the same boat.

I've seen pictures of him cosying up with some of the journos and photographers over the years and sitting on their laps etc.

He's magnificent but he does need a good brush!

Larry survived Jobson's terrier Dilyn who was reported badly trained and poorly behaved. I'm sure he can cope with Burnham cute little bichon cross.