UK PM’s house purr-sonified

London, July 27

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s cat has made a dramatic bid for power by sneaking into Prime Minister Theresa May’s 10 Downing street residence while the chief mouser there was away but was unceremoniously evicted by police officers.

Johnson inherited a new feline colleague at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as well as his new role in the Cabinet — and his cheeky streak appears to have rubbed off on the cat.

Palmerston took his Downing Street ambitions further by sneaking into May’s new residence while no one was looking.

10 Downing Street chief mouser Larry is believed to be “away” for a few days and Palmerston took the opportunity to dash into the home.

The black-and-white cat, who was appointed Chief Mouser to the Foreign Office earlier this year after being adopted from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, was unceremoniously evicted by police officers, The Telegraph reported. He then sat outside the building and even had a stand-off with a police officer. — PTI