Britain's true ruler? Larry, the Downing Street cat

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There has been one figure of stability in the last 14 years of political turmoil in the UK -- Larry, the Downing Street cat and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. The ageing tabby could be in line for his sixth prime minister after the UK votes in a general election on July 4, with opinion polls suggesting that he will oversee his first from the Labour Party.

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00:38Larry's a civil servant, effectively.

00:40And yes, he's gone through, I think he's now

00:42to be sixth prime minister.

00:44So, he's certainly got a lot of longevity

00:46and if you consider some of his predecessors,

00:48cat predecessors,

00:50they've certainly not lasted as long as he has.

00:52I think his attitude's certainly changed

00:54and I think he's become more used to

00:56all of us in the media being around.

00:58So, I think certainly

01:00he's started to understand that

01:02he... we want him

01:04to pose for a photograph

01:06and then he may even do like an over the shoulder

01:08like a movie star might do.

01:10And that's something that

01:12I've never seen any cat do.

01:14He's just very aware of those sorts of things.

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