Tea and Vitriol

  Larry the Cat, Mouser in chief at Number 10 Downing Street, has just welcomed his seventh Prime Minister in his 15 years in residence there. That is no mean feat. Far more popular than any of the official political residents at Number 10, Larry the Cat has seen it all. From the yutz  parade of Conservative Prime Ministers to the black comedy of "Sir" Keir Starmer's quick rise and fall, despite the historic victory of the Labour Party in 2024, Larry the Cat has endured and survived them all. So, what does he make of it? Probably not much. The Disunited Kingdom has been a state of political, social and economic crisis even before Larry's residence there, but it really only came to a head with the asininity of Brexit from the European Union and the ineptitude of the Conservatives' handling of COVID. Their inability to provide any real solutions to the resultant cost of living crisis cost the Conservatives control of the British Government in the 2024 general electi...

Let's face it, Larry the Cat has been the only dependable personality at Number 10 Downing Street for the last fifteen years. As "Mouser in Chief," Larry has been more popular than most British politicians and has lasted at Number 10 longer than any of them, He has seen five prime ministers come and go in that time. Today, that number rose to six! "Sir" Keir Starmer announced his resignation as British Prime Minister today, although he will stay on until the Labour Party chooses another leader, who will then become Prime Minister in Starmer's place. That person will probably be Andy Burnham, formerly mayor of Greater Manchester whose election as an MP for Makerfield last week put the final nail in Starmer's political coffin, as Burnham stated that if elected to Parliament he would challenge Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party. Starmer, the most unpopular Prime Minister in British history, finally saw the writing on the wall and resigned. One might...