TO SAY Ed Mibands low-key wedding made a pleasing change in a time of struggle for many.

[ScousyFogarty]

I do know it has become fashionable to spend a fortune on weddings. (Even
creating crucifying debt)

In that context, I suppose Ed Milibands low-key do was a change. And with their history they have a good chance of making it last.

These things are tricky because we have a very unequal country. And the "CUTS" which are to come will not really effect us all.

Do ostentation and poverty go hand in glove? Not very easily in my opinion

Don't hold back Ellllabelllla

It's funny and true what you say, but the thing about politicians is that you aren't supposed to be deciding whether you would want to sit next to them at a dinner party but whether they would work towards making things better for people and other too too boring stuff like that

At their age a big traditional wedding would have been slightly embarrassing I think.

I think they both looked lovely and very happy. I adore low key weddings [had one myself!]

I imagine that Justine wasn't too bothered about making it official. So sexist to berate Ed for "not getting around" to the wedding bit. Probably they were both too busy with their careers or the kids or something. What does it matter, they have a family together, they are living together, they were obviously committed prior to their signing the registry.

But I think it looked like a lovely wedding and I would have liked to be invited - that must make me a elderflower wine drinking, lentil noshing hippy... Yep, sounds about right

It is reported that Justine has said she thought she would be married with 2 kids by 30 so only 10 years late, but Ed was worth the wait.

Wow, people have got the claws out here.

I don't know why people are so sure that they only got married for political expediency. They have been together for six years, which is a relatively normal amount of time before deciding to get married, so it's not like there were decades of happy co-habitation and then a sudden change of mind.

And yes, they look happy, so good for them.

Just like Gordon Brown, he was happy being single until it became politically expedient to gain a wife. Totally calculating. However perhaps his wife is also quite happy with the benefits of political expediency.

I dont think he was bothered either way if he married or not, hence it being so low key, as said earlier it was pressure as leader of the labour party to get married, maybe to prove that the unions dont make him do everything they say he should (or maybe it was thier decision)

Never trust a man in a shiny suit.

Anyone looks good compared to cameron. But I think ed has a bit more about him than that...After all, he and Gabby LogAN WERE EDUCATED IN PORTA CABINS. (perhaps not the same cabin) It has become a status thing. I just think there are better things to do than flash your dosh in a recession. Gabby would not, of course. I had a very low key marriage. In scotland

Oh you've remembered to put your persona on now.

Non grata Ursula.you must read more carefully. Lux Logan would not let anyone use her name. (solicitors letter and all that jzz) A rose by any other name smells just as sweet. I did not ger invited to Eds do. And it was fairly nearby

I seriously tlike official things when it goes mildly wrong There was a wedding in Berkshire. A fight broke out and 10 menwere involved. No one seriously hurt

Low key because the only reason why they are getting married because voters don't like un wed leader this is not france he was challenged on this many times his kids didn't even have his second name

Young liberal people don't women and older people o and they don't like a un we man who wont marry someone who's had his children and not even on their birth cirticate shame on them if I were her I would have said no

I wouldn't marry someone who was only asking because he didn't want to be challenged by paxman on the issue

And again, in English?

Oh, and if they didn't want a massive wedding and were happy enough with something relatively low key good luck to them.

Yes it made a nice change. I like Ed Miliband..even if he is a bit buck toothed!

It's easy to be low-key when you are only doing it to appease the middle income curtain twitchers who you hope will vote for you, but they won't anyway so he needn't have bothered.

I notice he's getting his adenoids done as well - purely for medical reasons you understand.

It's easy to be low-key when you are only doing it to appease the middle income curtain twitchers who you hope will vote for you

How do you know why he did it?

I'm surpised you weren't there to see your beloved party leader married, Scousy.

You could have seen the sun shining out of his arse first-hand that way!

It may be "a time of struggle for many", but since they are not badly off why shouldn't they have whatever wedding they like?

Just because you can't afford something, should I go without?

Makes no sense.

ilove well of course I'll never know for sure, but I have a strong hunch that if he had not become leader of the labour party, and had his marital status and family circumstances not been splashed all over the press for the last year and turned into a political and societal issue, he would still every much unmarried now. I'd put money on it.

sorry that should read 'still be very much unmarried now.'

Nice but shame he looks like a Creature Comforts character.