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New kit on the block: Larry the cat has a young rival in Downing St
As the prime minister flew to Berlin last week for talks with the German chancellor, he may have been emboldened in the knowledge that he already had behind him one major diplomatic coup. Over the course of several months, Sir Keir Starmer’s two children …