Diane Abbott Daily Mail and Twitter

I'm no fan of Diane but the amount of abuse she receives is utterly vile. I don't want her as home secretary because I don't think she's well enough to do the job. That's no reflection on her former abilities - read up on her in her younger days. She's clever and was a complete trailblazer. She was also stunning and Corbyn was punching well above his weight with her.

I don’t want her as Home Secretary.

I don’t trust her to robustly defend female prisoners from the TWAW brigade. Nothing faux about that.

I would rather have Abbott with an odd shoe than the lying Tory ministers who are openly racist and sometimes criminal.
The faux concern is transparent.

She is standing as an MP with the expectation that if Labour gain a majority she will be appointed to one of the major offices of state. In this context her suitability should be examined. As it would be with anyone else in similar position

Precisely.

Well Labour are not fit to take office OP, and DA is seen as a comical figure within the House of Commons, strangely even by her own lot but she’s JC’s bit of rough so their you go.

I don’t think it’s the wrong foot, it looks like a slip on loafer

Cmon it's clearly on the wrong foot, even a child can see that.

And as a pp said, this woman wants us to wake up tomorrow to her being the Home Secretary or in a similar role of gravity. Public scrutiny is absolutely right.

And yes Boris looks like a bag of shite, as does Corbyn. But we aren't talking dress sense or what she looks like, we are talking about the fact that she not only clearly has odd shoes on, she's wearing one on the wrong foot. This is very different to looking like a bag of shite.

Any public servant who wants a senior role like she does would be questioned on what's going on, if they fronted up with their shoes on the wrong feet. Let's not pretend otherwise.

They get taken the piss out of but it jasnt affected them infact they appear to actively embrace it.

Dianne abbot should do the same.

As I said not a fan but none of that is down to her clothing. Women are scrutinised far too much for their clothing far more so than men. With men it can be their identity almost, with women it seems to be a gauge if their competence.

Obama was praised for mucking about with child pretending to he shot , Teresa may mocked for dancing and being to old to wear a tight red dress.

Whatever my opinions of a person I dont think it's fair to be complicit in more sexist double standards

BJ permanently looks like he just rolled out of bed and talks like hes had multiple bangs on the head and is quite possibly about to be elected in regardless.....

Donald Trump is orange

Men seem.to get away with it easily enough yet here we are worried about shoes.

Boris consistently gets the piss taken out of him for his appearance as does Donald for his orange skin and his hair.

I feel sorry for Diane Abbott. I can’t stand her politics and the way she argues her points but even the Labour leading Anti Brexit Metro ran an article on this and the faux sympathetic tone when really it was an open invitation for people to comment and take the piss is so obvious. It reminds me of ‘Britney peed on a ladybug’. I might change my username to that with the way this election has gone.

She is standing as an MP with the expectation that if Labour gain a majority she will be appointed to one of the major offices of state.

In this context her suitability should be examined. As it would be with anyone else in similar position.

As a person, I feel for her. She has had some remarkable achievements as a black woman and a single mother. She sounds fun. I was very sad to read of recent problems involving her son. I dont know what is going on, but there is now accumulating evidence to suggest there are problems. If there are, I would hope that her many friends within the Labour party are reaching out. Having her take a high profile role as shadow Home Secretary, when she seems to struggle under scrutiny, does not sound right on a human level, let alone on a political level.

I wish people would stop with all the faux concern ‘oh she must be ill’ bullshit. It’s so patronising and I agree that many Male politicians (one in particular) go round looking like a sack of shite and it would never be used as a demonstration of their competency, if anything it adds to their ‘lovable image’. If the image is real (and I struggle to believe anything at first glance nowadays) so what? They’re two shoes that look very similar, all this proves is she may have put them on early in the dark or is shortsighted. It doesn’t mean she’s incompetent or ill. I don’t think it’s the wrong foot, it looks like a slip on loafer.

The level of vitriol Diane Abbott receives on a daily basis is absolutely dreadful and a stain on the UK. On any basis, what she has achieved as a black woman throughout her life is extraordinary and she deserves respect for it.

I don't believe for a second that you wouldn't all be slating BJ if he'd made this error

Agreed or any other (shadow) cabinet member. Such hypocrisy.

I saw the original picture band thought it was pretty horrible. Abbot does not appear well and the mocking was horrendous.

BJ permanently looks like he just rolled out of bed and talks like hes had multiple bangs on the head and is quite possibly about to be elected in regardless.....

Donald Trump is orange

Men seem.to get away with it easily enough yet here we are worried about shoes.

Well the Labour MP who uploaded that sounds lovely and supportive

I don't believe for a second that you wouldn't all be slating BJ if he'd made this error (she didn't simply wear mismatched shoes, but also wore the wrong shoe on the wrong foot!) She has zero credibility.

It's not photoshopped. It was uploaded by a Labour MP and now deleted when the shoes were pointed out. She then changed shoes for the rest of the day and all was right with the world again. You'd think she would have someone who would look at her closely enough to tell her about an error like this.

If she didnt turn up then expect that eoyod be talked about too.

But I'm of the "own it" ilk. I'm no fan but that's down to what's come out of her mouth not what she wore on her feet

How vile mocking a woman who has health issues it just goes to show how low some will stoop, but at the last election the politics of personal destruction didn't work and Dianne increased her majority hugely

I just assumed there was something wrong with one of her feet so it was more comfortable to wear different shoes. She has plenty of health issues after all.

Would there be anyone left deemed competent for anything if it were a yard stick for sanity?

No doubt we all do daft things, but if you're the shadow Home Secretary and you know you're going to be photographed on Election Day then it would be prudent to attempt to wear your shoes on the right feet, and ensure they are a pair when going to vote . As tomorrow morning this woman could actually be the Home Secretary and I'm sure she'd like the public to be confident in her abilities, not just to do the job but actually put her shoes on the right feet

I've accidentally worn odd shoes - same style slightly different colour and didn't notice until going home in the evening on the Tube when I glanced down and saw what I'd done!

But surely you can feel if you've shoved your foot into the wrong side shoe - her shoes were loafers not some loose-fitting trainers or Uggs

...And of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson turned up drunk at an Italian airport after a good night with his Russian pals, that would be all over the frnt pages.

There was a comment on Twitter saying this may be to do with her diabetes and swelling of one of her feet, meaning she would have to wear two of the ‘same’ shoe.

Some awful responses to the photo though. I really despair

I think we have all done something stupid/ridiculous.

Odd socks,.underwear in inside out, back to front or inside out clothing, forgot to clean teeth or brush hair, gone out in last nights make up.

Would there be anyone left deemed competent for anything if it were a yard stick for sanity?