Keir Starmer reveals fear for Larry the Cat as he shares new family member

Keir Starmer spoke astir his household during an quality connected This Morning, and revealed that beloved Downing Street cat, Larry, was facing a caller challenge

The UK’s favourite politician, Larry the Cat, is astir to look his toughest diplomatic situation yet.

Sir Keir Starmer opened up astir his household beingness and Christmas plans today, and revealed that his new kitten, Prince, has not yet met Downing Street's celebrated rodent catcher Larry.

Asked for an update connected the Starmer household Siberian kitten, Sir Keir told ITV's This Morning : "Prince is the sanction of the kitten. So, Prince and Larry haven't met yet. I americium disquieted that Larry volition travel disconnected the amended - the kitten is tiny."

Sir Keir besides revealed helium went to an flight country for his daughter's day connected Sunday, and told the programme: "Now contiguous we tin commencement talking astir Christmas, due to the fact that yesterday was my daughter's birthday."

Asked astir his prime of Christmas film, the Prime Minister said helium was apt to beryllium astatine the backmost of the queue erstwhile it came to choosing, but added: "Love Actually would beryllium rather absorbing this twelvemonth actually."

While Prince and Larry volition conscionable successful clip for Christmas, Larry is much of a landlord than a Starmer household member. Starmer is the sixth Prime Minister Larry has lived with during his clip arsenic Chief Mouser, and the feline has a precise comfy acceptable up successful Downing Street, with unit contributing to a kitty for his nutrient and treats.

The celebrated moggy was calved a stray successful 2007, and was rescued from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home successful 2011 by Downing Street staff, initially to beryllium the favored of David Cameron ’s children. Larry soon outgrew the favored beingness however, and roseate to the relation of Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. During a 2016 Prime Minister's Questions, Cameron explained that Larry is simply a civilian servant and not the idiosyncratic spot of immoderate 1 individual.

The Downing Street website has an authoritative leafage for Larry, stating: “Larry spends his days greeting guests to the house, inspecting information defences and investigating antique furnishings for napping quality. His day-to-day responsibilities besides see contemplating a solution to the rodent occupancy of the house. Larry says this is inactive ‘in tactical readying stage.’”

While the summation of Prince to Larry’s luxurious 10 Downing Street location mightiness travel with its troubles, Larry is nary alien to gathering almighty figures from astir the world - and making his feelings astir them known.

During a sojourn from Donald Trump backmost successful 2019, Larry opted to instrumentality a interruption down his £1.2 cardinal armoured Cadillac, causing delays erstwhile the President-elect couldn’t determination the vehicle. In 2011, Cameron revealed to the BBC that Larry took a kinder attack to a antithetic leader, saying: "Funnily enough, helium liked Barack Obama. Obama gave him a changeable and helium was each close with Obama."

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