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Larry the Cat’s announcement goes viral amid resignations of UK ministers

July 6, 2022
Bharat Times

Despite several resignations, the UK PM refused to step down.

After several MPs in the United Kingdom resigned from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet, Larry the Downing Street Cat also shared his “resignation message” on Twitter.

“I can no longer be with this Prime Minister in good conscience. Either he goes, or I do,” read the social media post. The Cabinet Office’s “Chief Mauser” also spoke at the photoshopped miniature podium in front of Downing Street. Tweeted a picture of a cat standing alongside.

Take a look at the post below:

The post was met with hilarious reactions from the unofficial account. Since being shared, it has garnered over 178,000 likes and over 29,000 retweets.

One user wrote, “Let it be Larry, you can become the Prime Minister of the people.” Another said, “You can’t go Larry, you’re the only number 10 people trust!” The third jokingly wrote, “You cannot resign, you are the new PM”.

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It comes after a series of resignations from Westminster. Boris Johnson’s finance and health secretaries resigned on Tuesday, along with several ministers. According to reports, more than 20 members of the government have resigned in the past 24 hours in protest against Mr Johnson’s leadership.

Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid said they could no longer tolerate the scandalous culture that has plagued Mr Johnson for months, including the Downing Street lockdown law that enforced Covid-19 regulations. displeased the people who followed.

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However, despite several resignations on Wednesday, UK PM refuses to step down, The 58-year-old promised to fulfill his mandate. “Frankly speaking, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when you have been given a huge mandate is to keep going and that is what I am going to do,” he said.

Mr Johnson also showed his determination to remain in office by appointing former education minister, Nadim Zhawi, as his new finance minister.

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