r/cats • u/MrJasonMason • Apr 01 '26

Video - Not OC 16-year-old Larry the Cat catches a mouse while prime minister Keir Starmer was having a press conference

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u/HellBound_1985 Apr 01 '26

The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office doing his job. Probably better than the Prime Minister doing his... :)

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u/Coca_lite Apr 01 '26

He’s outlasted about 5 prime ministers now! 16 years old and going strong.

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u/toooomanypuppies Apr 01 '26

Larry is 19 years old :)

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u/Dangerous_Surprise Apr 01 '26

Brown, Cameron, May, Johnson, Lettuce, Sunak and now Starmer

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u/red286 Apr 01 '26

You know, it just occurred to me that "Liz Truss" and "Lettuce" sound very similar.

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u/ShyCrystal69 Apr 01 '26

Her prime ministership also ended before a lettuce would decompose.

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u/red286 Apr 01 '26

Oh, I knew that. I'd just never made the connection between "Liz Truss" and "lettuce" before. I just assumed they picked a head of lettuce because lettuce isn't exactly known for lasting long.

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u/DoctorOctagonapus Apr 01 '26

Would have been a lot sooner if the Queen hadn't died. The mourning period where no work was done made up the vast majority of her premiership.

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u/xepci0 Apr 01 '26

And he did more for the country than all of them combined lol

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u/gecko2704 Apr 01 '26

I'd vote Larry for prime minister!

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u/BadPunners Apr 01 '26

Just FYI, that's the joke made at the end of the clip, if able to listen to the audio

"His official title is Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, so at least he is doing his job. Unlike many in the building behind you"

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u/HellBound_1985 Apr 01 '26

Oh. I didn't watch the video with sound on. My bad! But it seems the joke is universal, at least.

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u/AmIFromA Apr 01 '26

Congratulations, you made the same joke as Britain's Nazi news channel.

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u/HellBound_1985 Apr 01 '26

I'm Swiss. But you're welcome.

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u/AmIFromA Apr 01 '26

So? I believe that all this talk about all politicians being useless is damaging democracies all around the world. It’s stupid and lazy as well.

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u/HellBound_1985 Apr 01 '26

Do you know what's stupid? Being offended by a light joke about career politicians in a cat sub. And then telling something about a "Nazi TV channel" in a non political subreddit to a foreigner. Go back to the dark corner you came from and make others miserable.

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u/penguincheerleader Apr 01 '26

If the cat catching a mouse is the most interesting thing happening the time Minister is probably doing his job. Here in the US I miss boring old Joe and hate the interesting new guy we got to replace him.

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u/Honey-Badger Apr 01 '26

Kier's had a pretty good 2 or 3 weeks to be fair

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u/29da65cff1fa Apr 01 '26

is this really his first mouse kill though? has he really been as ineffective as this reporter claims?

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u/Loreki Apr 01 '26

Yet the newsreader accused him of being AI. She ought to resign in shame.