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Keir Starmer reveals who is now in charge in Downing St

Keir Starmer has given a Downing St cat update to his biographer Tom Baldwin in the Observer.

They have a new cat, Prince, who is kept indoors. But Starmer has tried to ensure their old one, JoJo, can still roam free. Early efforts to have a catflap installed were frustrated because their back door, like all those in the building, has very solid anti-ballistic defences. But now he’s found “a workaround” for the problem.

“I’ve got to show you this,” he says, getting up and pointing to a half-open window in the family flat. Beneath it is a box that he explains is “a sort of landing patch leading to that zig-zag wooden contraption we’ve built so JoJo can get to the bottom and do his stuff”. Like an escape route then? The prime minister smiles. Fancy one yourself? He sits back down.

Note that there is no mention of the resident Downing St cat Larry…

Some names of Politician’s cats

Engels- Tidlums

Lenin- cat no known name

Churchill- Nelson

Wilson- Nemo (Siamese)

Corbyn- Harold Wilson; El Gato

Blair- Humphrey (until Nov 25 1997)

Thatcher- Marvin (2007)

Rosa Luxemburg- Mimi

Downing St cat in residence, Larry