In this time of political instability and uncertainty, just a note that Larry has now outlasted six prime ministers.

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@flargh Larry is thinking “I could do that job better than any of them.”
@the_other_jon @flargh correct! Just what I think..out with the clowns…🤡🤡in with Larry! 🥳🥳
@the_other_jon @flargh
They asked… Larry said, "Mrrrooowww,' loosely translated as, "nope… clean up your own mess."
@flargh An excellent addition to any cabinet, and probably a Union worker too.
@flargh and may he comfortably last 6 more!
@flargh I don't mean to be disrespectful to the great mouser himself, but his Prime Ministers haven't been terribly good, and can we be sure he's not giving them bad advice?
@RolloTreadway @flargh Deliberately, to get them out the door as quickly as possible. He thinks, eventually they'll run out.
@maccruiskeen @RolloTreadway @flargh
Fat chance of running out of PMs, we're about 60 million from the real bottom of the barrel. Approaching 9 billion form Farage.
@WellsiteGeo @RolloTreadway @flargh Well, you know, he's a cat. They lose count.
@RolloTreadway All he does is show them the occasional ass. And who among us hasn't wanted to?
@flargh He *looks* like a cat who's had it with revolving door prime ministers.
@datarama @flargh 🤣🤣 he really does look fed up.
@flargh the poor cat has to live with the worst people imaginable. he needs to be rescued.

@sophteis @flargh "Civil servants", who know they are servants, and required to be civil?

(PMs have the top floor flat, and sometimes their own fur-coated-advisors (rancid lettuce in Truss' case) ; Larry gets to use the front door of-right, living in the office, not the staff flat.

@flargh to be fair he also had the best approval ratings of any person in British politics
@kyonshi @flargh He is more handsome, more likeable, and makes less weird mistakes
@kyonshi @flargh And you must admit that these whiskers ... he represents his country with style
@PetraBF @kyonshi also, he licks his own ass rather than anyone else's.
@kyonshi kind of a low bar though eh
@flargh he should consider founding the Cat-Cabbage Party to reach out to voters at both extremes.

@flargh

In a time of shifting political crisis, a flexible democratic system responds. The UK is a demonstration of a successful political system.

Parliamentary democracy didn't invent a Billionaire takeover, it's DEALING with it.

Protect democratic strengths.

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@flargh they do say cats have 9 lives
@ASprinkleofSage @flargh
A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays"
@flargh I'm glad to see the UK gets important things right: the welfare of a moggy is much more important than the pilitical ambition of a human. I hope the next encumbent remembers to the welfare of the populace as their driving principle. Monetarist economists should be bannished to West Falklands, for everyday economical training.
@flargh And eleven French prime ministers ☺️
@flargh larry for prime minister

@flargh

Larry is to be promoted from First Mouser to the Treasury to First Lord of the Treasury!

Larry for PM 🐈

@alexadeswift @flargh (context for those unfamiliar with British politics: "First Lord of the Treasury" is one of the titles of the Prime Minister)
@alexadeswift @flargh Larry doesn't want the PM job.
Twice-weekly down to the lunatic asylum with the loud clock? Once monthly to the big house in the park? Pfffft! Meowl that for a game of tin mice!!
@flargh @kevin
If he's such a good mouser why do they keep getting rats?
@FritzAdalis @flargh @kevin
Professional ethics… He's a Mouser, not a Ratter.

@flargh

How about his nine lives?

@flargh isn't he at least the second Larry? Or are you talking about this second one
@noodlemaz @flargh
According to Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Mouser_to_the_Cabinet_Office#List_of_chief_mousers), no.
I'm not sure if that says more about Wiki, or about British politics.
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office - Wikipedia

@WellsiteGeo @flargh ah the Foreign Office cat (Palmerston) did die and there seem to be some fake news pieces around Larry dying (but it was his 15yr anniversary of 'working' at no. 10)

Imagined I read something legit!

@flargh larry for lordprotector!
@flargh Is there some reason that we are all assuming Larry is just a passive spectator to all this political carnage?
@michaelvcooper1 @flargh what I was thinking. Every time that it looks like they're going to accidentally make a good decision, he distracts them by rubbing against their legs, or scratching them, or bringing them a mouse. Did a good job with the lettuce lady, and has got a bit complacent since.
@flargh Makes a better politician than the other buffoons. Would make a better royal as well. Someone crown this feline already.

@flargh They should make Larry Prime Minister.

He is the only stable factor in 10, Downing Street.

@mpopp75 There's a "herder of cats" joke to be made here somewhere.
@flargh @mpopp75 As in, "Larry knows better than to try *that* !"
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@flargh @darac
As Larry is obviously a civil servant...
In my head now:
James Hacker: Have you ever known a civil servant resign on a matter of principle?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: I should think not! What an appalling suggestion!

@flargh

Amazes me how absolutely fucking British that cat's visage is.

@GGMcBG I think it's one of the secrets to Larry's enduring popularity.

@flargh

I feel like maybe Larry should be in charge then.

@mmiasma Larry *is* in charge.
@flargh I think Nicola Sturgeon out-lasted seven or eight
@flargh 6 prime ministers and countless lettuces
@flargh And outclassed all of them.
@flargh larry is looking unimpressed with the current state of british politics.