A Michael Broad Blog
Peter III, also known as the ‘third Peter’, holds the record as the longest-serving chief mouser at Downing Street. He served for an impressive 17 years under five different prime ministers: Clement Attlee, Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, and Alec Douglas-Home. Peter III became the successor to Peter II, who tragically died after …
This is a cute little video on TikTok which is now slightly out of date but the ‘Partygate’ scandal rumbles on so it is still relevant. It seems that a cameraman and a television presenter were waiting for government ministers and perhaps the Prime Minister to exit Number 10 Downing Street to ask about …
Larry is a celebrity cat. He is well known internationally. His official workplace and residence are 10 Downing Street, the heart of the British government in the workplace of the Prime Minister. It is my belief that his upkeep is paid for, like his predecessors since 1929, by the staff at 10 Downing Street. …
Staff at Downing Street are ignoring the advice of the president of the British Veterinary Association by letting Larry the Cat go outside freely during the coronavirus pandemic despite the Prime Minister being infected.
I have heard on the grapevine that Palmerston, the Foreign Office cat who I have met at the Foreign Office is very poorly, which is why he has not been seen in and around this huge office block for the past weeks. Photographers who linger around the place and at No 10 Downing Street …
Not long ago, the world, including me, reported on the arrival of the new dog companion of Carrie Symonds and Boris Johnson at number 10 Downing Street. He is a long-haired Jack Russell and he looks adorable. We also reported that there may be a problem in this large building, which is the offices …
Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symond’s have adopted a rescue puppy abandoned by a Welsh farmer. The 15-week-old Jack Russell cross was rescued by the Friends of Animals Wales. “There is a dog. The dog is like a giant rat of Sumatra, it is a creature for the whom the world is not …
I bet Boris’s girlfriend Carrie Symonds took the photo as she is an animal advocate (thank God) and an environmentalist. It is a great picture but it looks like Boris was told to sit at his desk while Larry was plonked on it. I am sure the whole episode took about 2 minutes! I …
