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A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight

A rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight

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·November 8, 2025
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roenxi

I find it actually quite an interesting exercise to compare all their politics headlines [0] with the fact that apparently Kier Starmer is polling numbers like 73% feeling he is doing "badly" [1] and there is some obscure group called "RFM" who have popped onto the scene and are polling well compared to everyone else (with a strong showing by the Greens) [2].

I mean I'd probably say this for any cat story in politics; but this really does seem like a moment where the British media should be making serious attempts at facilitating a national discourse. The stats suggest something is going wrong in the political system that needs to be talked out. Just eyeballing the politics headlines I'm not convinced the Guardian has their finger on that pulse.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/politics

[1] https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/keir-starmer-p...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_U...

grebc

I’d wager most people would rather avoid the hard questions.

Much easier to stay calm and carry on;)

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