Larry, the Downing Street 10 cat is more popular than any Prime Minister
The 17-year-old moggie has also been in his role during the premierships of Lord Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
But he has four more years fighting Westminster’s mouse problem if he is to become the longest-serving mouser.
Larry, whose full honorary title is Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, is held in higher regard than either Sir Keir or his predecessor Mr Sunak, an Ipsos poll found last week.
The survey showed 44 per cent of people have a favourable opinion of Larry, while just four per cent take an unfavourable view.
This makes him significantly more popular than the new Prime Minister, who is seen favourably by 34 per cent and unfavourably by 41 per cent.
Just 22 per cent of voters had a favourable view of Mr Sunak at the end of his time in Downing Street, with 58 per cent having an unfavourable opinion.
Larry has provided no shortage of memorable moments during his time at Downing Street.
He faced his first calls to resign within months of starting the job in 2011 after he was spotted sleeping on the job for hours as a Downing Street press conference took place.
But these were rejected by the then prime minister’s spokesman, who insisted he “brings a lot of pleasure to a lot of people”.
He has occasionally come to blows with Palmerston, the mouser at the Foreign Office, and Downing Street paid for him to see a vet after he was wounded in one of their fights.
Larry fights outside Downing Street with Palmerston, the Foreign Office's chief mouser
In 2022, Larry was memorably captured on camera chasing a fox from outside the Prime Minister’s residence, marching it backwards, over a railing and into a bush late at night.
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