Political Animals

Larry the cat at Downing Street has seen off five Prime Ministers and is a national institution. But he comes from a long line of political animals both in Westminster and Washington. Tracing the political (and not-so-political) tussles of the dogs, cats and even tarantulas on both sides of the Atlantic from the time of Cardinal Wolsey, political journalist and former special adviser Peter Cardwell tells never-beforeheard tales of the animals of Downing Street.