When I got to Downing Street at 7 am sharp on Monday, a brown-and-white domestic shorthair cat was standing quietly by the black door of No 10, watching a forest of cameras with indifference.
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Photographers are defending their turf, reporters preparing their scripts.
Everybody is waiting for Keir Starmer: to find out whether or not the UK prime minister will resign. So, I think to myself, maybe the cat is as well.
He must be Larry! It's my first time seeing the famous Larry, who has served as the "Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office" since 2011 and witnessed the coming and going of the previous five prime ministers: David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak.
