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This just seems so quintessentially British, it made me smile. I bet Larry has seen some things in his time.
If you're in the UK you know exactly who this is without having to click the link
His twitter account is well known for its cat-like snark.
I always find it incredibly sweet and endearing whenever humans write / document things like this. It's almost like a definition or example of what humanity means.. creatures with brainpower - a organ that's the most complex (and power efficient!) thing in the known universe.
A good reminder that culture can be beautiful.
Is there really such a mice problem at Downing street that people catch mice during dinner?
Wonderfully, the official government webpage[1] lists his duties as:

  Larry spends his days greeting guests to the house, inspecting security defences and testing antique furniture for napping quality. His day-to-day responsibilities also include contemplating a solution to the mouse occupancy of the house. Larry says this is still ‘in tactical planning stage’.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/history/10-downing-street#larr...
Putting the "Larry with Boris Johnson in 2019" photo under the heading of "Relationships with other animals" is hilarious, intentional or not.
> ... opinion poll from Ipsos showed that Larry had a higher favourability rating (44%) and net favourability rating (40%) than both Sunak (22% and –36%) and Starmer (34% and –7%).

Larry might be the only one who can beat Farage at this point.

> Larry has lived at 10 Downing Street during the premierships of six prime ministers

Six! The troublesome times this cat has witnessed from close by...

18 years old is getting up there for a cat! He should start training an apprentice.
> Within a month of his arrival at Downing Street, anonymous sources described Larry as having "a distinct lack of killer instinct."[11] Later that year, it was revealed that Larry spent more time sleeping than hunting for mice, and shared the company of a female cat, Maisie.[12] At one point in 2011, mice were so endemic in Downing Street that the Prime Minister, David Cameron, resorted to throwing a fork at one during a Cabinet dinner.[12]

Not to speak well of Britain's current leadership, nor ill of the theory behind it - but they need to split the Chief Mouser office into a symbolic head of state, and an actual working leader. Perhaps "His Meowjesty", and a "Prime Mouser"?

For extra fun - pay for their upkeep via "gifts" from members of the press, who hope to receive juicy leaks and preferential access (both only relating to the cats) in return.

I can't believe how long this Wikipedia article is and complete with sources! Like, it's just a cat! I'm surprised the notoriety police haven't swooped in.
Wikipedia used to have a "List of pet cats of gorillas" article. Sadly it doesn't seem to have survived.
From stray cat to Chief Mouser - nice career.
> David Cameron has said that Larry is a "bit nervous" around men, speculating that, since Larry was a rescue cat, this may be due to negative experiences in his past. Cameron mentioned that Barack Obama is an apparent exception to this fear: he said, "Funnily enough he liked Obama. Obama gave him a stroke and he was all right with Obama."

> In September 2013 tensions were reportedly growing between Cameron and Larry....

The entire Relationship with other politicians section is a hilarious read.

That's ~120 second of life spent reading minutiae (plus 15 sec writing this). And wasting random reader's time at scale. This is uniquely British.
Why is this on HN?

Oh right because it's "interesting".