A kitten named after a prime minister sits in the House of Commons
A kitten named after a prime minister sits in the House of Commons.
It is called Attlee, after the Labor Prime Minister between 1945 and 1951 Clement Attle.
The “Speaker” or president of the British House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, has added a new cat to his famous collection of pets, which he has named Attlee , in honor of the Labor Prime Minister between 1945 and 1951 Clement Attlee.
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| A kitten named after a prime minister sits in the House of Commons |
The pup, who will have his own Instagram account , has already been the subject of newspaper articles in the United Kingdom and looks comfortable in the photographs in which he appears reclining next to his owner in the chair of the presidency in the lower house.
Attlee succeeds another Maine Coon that Sir Lindsay had , Patrick -in homage to the conservative lord Patrick Cormack-, who died this 2022 of a tumor at the age of 12. In a statement, the Speaker’s office, who was previously a Labor MP, notes that with the arrival of the four-month-old kitten, “the political balance is restored” between his animals , which are named after prominent figures.
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| A kitten named after a prime minister sits in the House of Commons |
After the death of Patrick and previously of the Rottweiler Gordon (by Labor leader Gordon Brown), Hoyle, who must be politically neutral in his position, had been left with a single Labor-inspired pet, the Patterdale terrier Betty, baptized in honor of former Speaker of the Commons Betty Boothroyd.
The other two are Maggie the tortoise and Boris the parrot , by Conservative Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) and Boris Johnson, the current head of government. “Attlee is the boldest and most active puppy one can imagine,” said Sir Lindsay. “He runs around my office, entertaining my team, and brings a smile to the janitors, police officers, cleaners and everyone he comes into contact with.”
“I still miss Patrick, who was my favorite pet, but Attlee, who we named after the former prime minister who created the NHS, has given us a lot of encouragement ,” he adds. The Speaker hopes to interest more young people in Parliament’s activity through the adventures of his pets that he posts on social networks.