Larry the Downing St Cat has been at no 10 Home of the UK's Prime Ministers since 2011. There have been cats at the home of Government Ministers for years listening to all those great secrets of state. Perhaps they share the news with fellow cats so that they can keep ahead of the game. In The Tenth Life by Michael J Owen (Amazon paperback and now free with Prime) cats get to be at the centre of the political universe and do share the secrets of government crises.