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The graffiti referenced the actor, as well as King Charles and the Pope.

Smokey and Haggis were kept in the kitchen of a Gateshead apartment, but they soon outgrew it.

‘From start to finish it was non-existent.’

‘I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.’

Sir Keir has made a statement following the PM’s resignation (Picture: Getty)

Sir Keir Starmer has demanded a general election ‘now’ after Liz Truss’ shock resignation as prime minister.

The Labour leader stressed that the Conservative Party has shown it ‘no longer has a mandate to govern’.

He said: ‘After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos.

‘In the last few years, the Tories have set record-high taxation, trashed our institutions and created a cost-of-living crisis. Now, they have crashed the economy so badly that people are facing £500 a month extra on their mortgages. The damage they have done will take years to fix.

‘Each one of these crises was made in Downing Street but paid for by the British public. Each one has left our country weaker and worse off.’

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