It’s Official: Larry The Cat Is On His 7th Servant

The incoming prime minister could find his time in office limited if he fails to ingratiate himself with Larry, the most admired Briton in the Commonwealth

They’re dropping like flies.

UK prime ministers haven’t been lasting very long of late, with the British public highly critical of the way they’re running the country, and more importantly, the many ways they’ve failed to adequately serve the real power in No. 10 Downing St.

We’re talking about Larry the Cat, of course, who has lived in No. 10 since 2011. (The building is technically the prime minister’s home and office, but among the people it’s known as Larry’s House.)

Inadequate humans.

With Keir Starmer announcing his resignation, Larry has now outlasted six prime ministers, and the clock is already ticking on the seventh.

Prime ministers come and go. Larry endures.

20 thoughts on “It’s Official: Larry The Cat Is On His 7th Servant”

  2. Good riddance to Starmer- a bad servant and shockingly bad UK leader who has almost wrecked the UK in multiple ways

    I don’t recall him ever mentioning his boss, Larry, at any point and I am very sure Larry is pleased to see him go, simply a nasty middle aged man in a suit and glasses, we now welcome in the next nasty middle aged man in a suit and glasses… I watch with expectation if this one mentions Larry. A career politician with zero life skills. Can Bella and I come to the USA please?

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    1. I don’t know enough about UK politics to make an informed comment on Starmer, and from what I understand the reasons for his resignation were multi-faceted, but I do admire the flexibility in the UK’s style of government that allows for the replacement of a leader who has lost the confidence of the electorate and lawmakers.

      In an case, the only thing I recall with Starmer in relation to Larry was his decision to keep his family cats within his private area of No. 10, away from Larry, to widely avoid antagonizing him.

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  3. I just found out that there’s a position like that for a cat in the United Kingdom, it’s amazing, it even has an official title. My best wishes to Larry, may he live long and rule the prime ministers wisely.

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    1. We’re big fans of Larry here, and if you click the links in the story, they’ll take you to some of our earlier Larry posts, including stories about Larry’s legendary rivalry with Palmerston, former chief mouser of the UK’s foreign office.

      Sadly Palmerston died in February in Bermuda, where his human had taken over governor duties. But his rivalry with Larry was spectacular and the UK press captured many images of the two of them fighting over territory, and presumably, mice to kill.

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  5. Over the course of my life I’ve spent countless hours with cats and countless hours with politicians; the hours with the cats were infinitely more rewarding. Hopefully Larry will quickly lick our next PM – almost inevitably Andy Burnham – into shape.

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    1. It’s certainly got its ups and downs like any form of government, but the fact that UK voters can replace the prime minister at any time is great. It forces accountability, compromise and practicality. Maybe not to the degree everyone would like, but still.

      Another thought: Given the popularity of Larry (he really has been included in opinion polls) and the significant number of cat lovers in the UK, a politically astute PM would talk publicly about how much they like the little dude and release photos now and then with the PM working late with Larry in his lap or sleeping on the desk.

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      1. Generally speaking our system works. But these are difficult times, both nationally and internationally. We need more cats on positions of influence!

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  6. There are things on my phone that are sent to me that i do NOT want. But Larry the Cat is not one of those. Got a quote from Larry with a saying with one of my heroes. Alan Turing. It’s on X. Which i do NOT follow.

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    1. When you say “on your phone” do you mean emails or things you don’t want in your social media feeds? Both Facebook and X allow you to change your feeds so you only see people you follow. I don’t use either of them unless I have to, but I know they both still have that feature.

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  7. I’m a tech imbecile so keep that in mind. 🤣It’s when i look at google stuff. I don’t mind stuff from Van Gogh and animal news but DO NOT want to see crap like hunting tips. I delete right away. Of course, veggie recipes are always wanted. I did get some great news from Netflix. Alleycats movie out August 7th!

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    1. You can filter Google results to exclude certain things. For example, on my cat news alerts, I have “Doja Cat,” “Cat Stevens” etc filtered so I don’t have to wade through stories that aren’t about actual cats.

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  8. And this might also help explain things which means NO PRIVACY? I googled feline leukemia to educate myself on the disease. Cosmo the cat i take care of has it and might not have much time left if that new meds on the market does not work. Next day Youtube has a feline luekemia vitamim commercial on my phone.

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    1. Yeah, that’s the way targeted advertising works online. If you search for something or click on something, tracking cookies will pass that information on to Google’s AdSense algorithms. It’s even more of a pronounced effect if you are logged in to your Gmail, Facebook, etc when it happens.

      There was an article years ago in the New York Times about the algorithms on Target’s site figuring out a woman was pregnant before she’s told anyone, including her husband. She went to Target’s site and immediately got recommendations for maternity clothes and that sort of thing.

      But that is old tech. Things have changed very rapidly now with AI, etc.

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