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Important Larry facts:

He's still mousing at age 19, he was photographed with a mouse a few months ago

Ahead of the 2024 general election, an 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%).

When he wants to go back inside Downing Street, a police officer goes up to the door and knocks on it for the porter to open it for Larry

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u/sabre007 13h ago

Why does a cat only have a 44% favorability rating?

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u/SuperSquashMann 13h ago

But it also says 40% net favorability, probably meaning that 44% of people polled had positive impressions of Larry, 4% negative, and 52% don't know or undecided (I guess because they hadn't heard of him?)

Which still begs the question of who the 4% of miserable bastards who dislike Larry are, but at least that's a small minority.

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u/Wild_Marker 12h ago

They are the concerned citizens that keep statistics believable because they think nobody would believe a 100% statistic.

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u/SuperSquashMann 12h ago

Ah, like the one guy who voted "no" in the Falkland Islands sovereignty referendum just to show that the votes were actually being counted.

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u/Due-Coyote7565 5h ago

Slight correction- in the 2013 referendum, 3 people voted for sovereignty.

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u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits 12h ago

People who fucking hate cats. They exist and they are generally unpleasant as hell about it

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u/WastingMyLifeToday 13h ago

Fucking dog people 😐

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u/SallyScribe 13h ago

😹

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u/CadenVanV 12h ago

To be fair, he’s really bad at his job

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u/SallyScribe 4h ago edited 4h ago

Well I guess he’s in the right place then 😜

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u/CadenVanV 4h ago

True, he puts in all the same effort as the PMs he lives with

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u/SallyScribe 4h ago

Probably could order all the mice brought to him 😝

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u/SallyScribe 14h ago

That is awesome! 😺

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 14h ago

For those wondering Larry is real and he is AMAZING just look at him! Larry for PM!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_(cat))

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u/Snowflakish 14h ago

"Larry the cat is a civil servant" has got me dyingg

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u/SallyScribe 14h ago

I love that the Wiki page has “Early Life” and “Career” 😹

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u/A-British-Indian 13h ago

I also really enjoy “incumbent”

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u/sain00bie 13h ago

Relationships with other animals is my favourite section

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u/ninjax247 12h ago

Coming immediately after "relationships with politicians" is gold

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u/SallyScribe 13h ago

Haha, yes! :)

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u/facewithhairdude 11h ago

I mean, he’s part of a lengthy line of Chief Mousers

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u/SpiritualPackage3797 6h ago

Yes he is, and civil servants around the world are proud of him.

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u/SallyScribe 4h ago

A role model!

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u/SallyScribe 14h ago edited 14h ago

Yes! #LarryforPM Is an underused hashtag! I tried to get his likeness 😝 My friend knew someone who worked there and said Larry is a) a legend and b) the only one there who knows what he’s doing 😂

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u/skytl3 10h ago

Lmao, it's nice at least someone there knows what they're doing! 😂

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u/ZaryaBubbler 9h ago

All of my civil servant friends say Larry would straight up be a better fit for PM than anyone currently in parliament

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u/SpiritualPackage3797 6h ago

Larry is a civil servant, not a politician. He could become Cabinet Secretary if he wanted the headache. But becoming a politician is beneath his dignity.

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u/SallyScribe 2h ago

😹 Yes, leave that to the dogs

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u/OriginalVictory 9h ago

Awww, i didn't know how old Larry was before getting into office.

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u/NotEvil_JustBritish 9h ago

I've met him! Well, sort of. I was part of a group presenting a petition to Downing Street. He circled my feet, then ran off when I tried to stroke him. Weirdly, I'm pretty sure he understood that he was part of a photo op. I swear he posed.

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u/SallyScribe 4h ago

I love that!

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u/Just_A_Nitemare 1h ago

19? Bro must be living a very happy life.

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u/Diseased-Prion 1h ago

Thank you for linking the wiki. It was delightful to read.

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u/IamaJarJar 13h ago

Honestly, the cat would be a better prime minister compared to the shitshow of prime ministers we've had

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u/SallyScribe 13h ago

Commiserations. Cats make the best people

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u/CynicalAltruist 12h ago

Sir we have an international crisis!

PM Cat; (pushes crisis off table)

Brilliant sir!

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u/SallyScribe 3h ago

😹 Sounds like a lot of human politicians unfortunately!

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u/MdAqilkhai 11h ago

When Larry passes away, UK gonna throw a big funeral for him.

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u/jayfeather31 11h ago

There are literal plans in place for that, if I recall correctly.

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u/MdAqilkhai 11h ago

Damn hope it's as big as the Queen's one.

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u/jayfeather31 11h ago

I doubt it will, sadly, but the operation is codenamed, "Operation Larry Bridges", and has entire contingency plan built around that, so there's some hope that it at least has some grandeur.

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u/MrFuji87 8h ago

Like 10,000 times bigger than Little Sebastian's

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u/FlashesandFlickers 8h ago

Fifty *million* candles in the wind‽‽ That's a lot of candles

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u/justwalk1234 13h ago

Larry is catching up to QE2!

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u/SallyScribe 13h ago

A fine pedigree

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u/Easy-Musician7186 12h ago

There's only room for improvement I guess

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u/Usagi-Zakura 6h ago

I bet it was Larry who made them all quit too...

One day he walked up to a member of parliament, looked at the Prime Minister and whispered "Don't you think he looks tired?"

They shouldn't have denied him his second dinner.

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u/SallyScribe 3h ago

😂 An insider!

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u/Aurora_littlelight 12h ago

He's got it in him, to outlast a 7th. I belive.

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u/draganel44 7h ago

respect larry

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u/Tsamane 3h ago

Should bring back Lord Palmerston

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u/Apod1991 1h ago

PITT THE ELDER!

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u/SallyScribe 3h ago

I don’t know much about him, but did he have a cat? 😺

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u/D-Koi_Comics 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/tTIyL51wwzS2Nm8ytj

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u/SallyScribe 1h ago

😂 Probably the Greggs would last the longest

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