Since 2011, Larry, the cat, has been "serving" in the British Prime Minister's office, the chief mouser of the cabinet office, who, although he doesn't catch a mouse very much, has more of a bad temper.

This is exactly what they fear when it comes to the move in of the newly elected British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, who also has a rescued cat, Jojo, and will surely follow his owner to 10 Downing Street.

The British are speculating whether a cat disaster will break out if Keir Starmer, the newly elected Prime Minister, moves his own cat, Jojo, into the Prime Minister's Office, under 10 Downing Street, where since 2011 Larry, the Cabinet Office, has "served" main mouse. The cat is famous for chasing away any rivals from the area.

According to the Daily Mail, 17-year-old Larry has served in the Cabinet Office since 2011 and will now welcome the sixth prime minister at Britain's most famous address. The cat owes its fame to the fact that it scares its rivals away from the area, in 2022, for example, it chased away a huge fox. But his relationship with other cats is also fraught with tension, until 2020 he fought a life-and-death battle with a cat named Palmerston, who was the head mouse of the Foreign Office.

The British newspaper writes that Starmer's first major diplomatic job may be to convince Larry to put aside his differences, because he will bring with him Jojo, his cat, who is extremely loved and respected by his children, who is also a rescued cat.

The British domestic tabby, Larry, was born as a stray cat in 2007 and was chosen by Prime Minister David Cameron and his children in 2011 from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home animal shelter. In the following years, he received the high-ranking title of chief mouse of the Prime Minister's Office, for which he tries to work.

According to the government's description, the chief mouser's job is to check security and check the nap quality of antique furniture, but the house's mouse problems also fall on him, although many people started mocking him as lazy Larry when a rodent exterminator had to be called to the residence a few years ago.

His previous battles with a cat named Palmerston attracted the attention of the media several times, and in 2016 the pair got into a serious cat fight. Larry left without his collar, and the State Department cat had an injured ear.

But in 2012, the police also had to separate Larry and ex-Chancellor George Osborne's cat, Freya, after they got into a nasty fight.

In September 2023, Larry reportedly emerged "victorious" from several heated confrontations with Rishi Sunak's fox-red Labrador retriever. This was confirmed by Akshata Murty, the former prime minister's wife, who said that the family dog, Nova, had "mixed feelings" for Larry.

Experts are already speculating as to how it would be best to make it easier for the two cats to get used to each other, they talk about the fact that it takes time to develop strong bonds, but with enough care, Larry and Jojo can make a successful alliance.

Larry is also active in official affairs, as he applied for a government seat in 2018, and during Donald Trump's visit to London in 2019, he managed to stop the US president's staff by lying under Trump's bulletproof limousine and refusing to budge for a while.

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