In the Brexit aftermath, many British politicians needed nine lives just to keep hold of their job. Luckily, that won’t be a problem for Gladstone.
Meet the UK Treasury’s new “chief mouser,” a former stray cat tasked with keeping rodents away from Westminster.
Eighteen-month-old Gladstone will join other British “diplocats” Larry in Downing Street and Palmerston in the Foreign Office.
But the new feline, named after former Liberal Prime Minister and chancellor William Ewart Gladstone, will need to steer clear of a rumored cat fight between Larry and Palmerston.
Before ascending to Britain’s corridors of power, Gladstone was found wandering the streets and donated to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in south London.
The cat will have a serious job ahead of him, with the Houses of Parliament seemingly battling to keep its mouse problem at bay.
Gladstone is one of many new appointments to Whitehall, after former Prime Minister David Cameron resigned and many of his cabinet ministers lost their jobs in the fallout from June’s UK referendum.
In his last address to Parliament as prime minister, David Cameron put to rest reports he didn’t care about Larry by holding up a picture of himself with the cat and saying he “loved” the chief mouser.
Whether Gladstone will outlast the next prime minister in office, is anyone’s guess.