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according to a report by global times citing russia today (rt) on september 25, british prime minister starmer was recently accused by a former british intelligence officer and opposition (conservative party) local constituency candidate stephen james because he kept a siberian cat instead of a british shorthair cat. the latter questioned whether this was a sign that starmer supported russia. however, many netizens said james' accusation against starmer was "absurd" and believed it was an attack of "russophobia".

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jimu news noted that the siberian cat mentioned in the report was starmer's birthday gift.

on september 2, the new british prime minister starmer celebrated his 62nd birthday, which was also his first birthday spent at 10 downing street since taking office.

starmer spent the evening with his family and received birthday gifts from them. starmer's 13-year-old daughter bought a siberian kitten on that day. british media reported that starmer had been "struggling" with his children for several months over the issue of a new pet. initially, the children wanted to get a german shepherd, but after many negotiations, the two sides finally reached a compromise and changed to a cat.

this means there are now three cats in downing street.

in addition to larry, the famous british "chief mouser" tabby cat who lives at 10 downing street, the starmer family also has a pet cat named "jojo", and the new siberian kitten is named "prince" and looks very docile and cute.

however, the "prince" was questioned by james, a former british intelligence officer. he posted on social media x: "starmer chose a russian siberian kitten instead of a british shorthair cat. this is the clearest sign that he does not support britain!"

"if the prime minister doesn't even support british shorthair cats, how can we expect him to support british workers?" he ended the article with the hashtag "support britain not russia".

james is reportedly a veteran who served in the british army intelligence department and is also a conservative party parliamentary candidate in this year's general election.

in this regard, many netizens believe that james' accusation is too "absurd", and some believe that this is a manifestation of james' "russophobia".

public information shows that the siberian cat, also known as the siberian forest cat, is the national cat of russia and a very common cat in the russian market and siberian countryside.

in july this year, starmer won the british house of commons election with an overwhelming majority and officially took over as british prime minister. he was born in london on september 2, 1962. he studied law at the university of leeds and oxford university, then became a lawyer and served as a legal adviser and human rights adviser in different institutions. in 2008, starmer served as the head of the british crown prosecution service; in 2015, he was elected as a labour party member of the house of commons, and in 2016 he became the labour party's spokesperson for brexit affairs. in april 2020, he was elected leader of the labour party.

starmer married his wife victoria alexander in 2007 and they have one son and one daughter.

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