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The soon to be ex-British prime minister is not a cat person, despite posing as a warm and fuzzy feline lover, critics say.

The evidence: David Cameron is leaving Larry the cat behind when he vacates 10 Downing Street.

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The suspicion is that the brown and white tabby was designed to make the Conservative leader more approachable and less of a toff.

“That’s right, Larry was a lie, an exercise in spin and branding,” writes James Kirkup in The Daily Telegraph.

“He was confected by spin doctors who thought the idea of Mr. Cameron having a cat would make him more likeable and warm, more like ordinary people. But the man himself didn’t like Larry and he doesn’t like cats.”

Downing Street was quick to shoot down the speculation Tuesday. A spokesperson said everyone in the house got on “purrrfectly well.”

The facts seem to indicate otherwise.

Larry was not allowed in the family’s apartment, but had the run of the offices downstairs, including the cabinet room. Often he could be glimpsed asleep on a radiator in the main reception hall.

The brown and white tabby often got to meet visiting dignitaries. He even allowed U.S. President Barack Obama to stroke him, while Cameron looked on apprehensively.

Tuesday, he was at his post when Theresa May, Cameron’s successor, arrived for his last cabinet meeting.

Now, the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, his official title, has been confirmed in his job.

“It’s a civil servant’s cat and does not belong to the Camerons — he will be staying,” a spokesman said.

On Wednesday, Cameron addressed the reportedly chilly relationship head-on. In the House of Commons, he said he wanted to scotch “the rumour that somehow I don’t love Larry. I do!”

He even tweeted a photo of himself and Larry together though both residents of 10 Downing appear uncomfortable.