To still be cross at Jeremy Corbin's anorak

[popcornwizard]

It's 11 hours after the event, but at the cenotaph amongst all of the black coats stood Jeremy Corbin in a blue anorak with hood flapping, is this really the best he could do?

This was the card that went with the poppies he laid in 1986, do you think he's changed his views since then? Do you really think that he'd make a good prime minister rather than an enthusiastic agitator?

Rachel you are so right. This is not about a coat anymore or about Remembrance Day. Life is literally too short for this.

There are far more important issues in the world. I doubt he gave it a thought.
It's not either/or.
Can you worry about important things and have dress sense?
Yes you can (to coin a phrase).

Dress sense is a subjective personal choice often influenced by fashion. Not sure people who died 100 years ago would be particularly impressed by women wearing short skirts or trousers even if they are black.

When people have given their lives so you can enjoy the freedom we all have today the VERY LEAST you can do is make a effort to look smart.

No, the very least you can do as a political leader is do what lies in your power to ensure that others won't also have to give their lives in future. That is infinitely more important.

I'm more pissed off he didn't attend the service of remembrance on Saturday

What service?

Ex forces here. I stood at a Remembrance Parade with a gentleman who was at St Valery. I am proud to know him. Even though my Service experience was very different to his, we were united in honouring and remembering our dead.

A coat is not the issue here.

Miscible so right!! So pleased you posted - I was beginning to wonder if I was going mad.

Absolutely miscible

I don't like Corbyn and yes I suppose compared to others there he did look a bit shabby, but I don't see why that matters? The event wasn't about how stylish Corbyn dressed, anymore than it mattered what balcony Meghan was on. 🙄

the frightening thing about him is he would never make any difficult decisions. He would fart around for so long that we would be a sitting target for anyone and everyone who wanted to bomb/invade us

How do you know he wouldn't make any decisions?
Who has wanted to bomb us or invade us since WW11?
Would you want a leader who makes rash decisions and was trigger happy?
Do you think May is good at making decisions? She waffles and makes it up as she goes along.

YABU. Least he showed up, unlike Trump in France. I care infinitely more about his wringing his hands and claiming nothing can be done to have a new Brexit referendum.

You people are ridiculous. He was there. He laid a wreath. There was no mistaking his bow. And you're carping on about not liking the cut and shade of his coat? Grow the hell up.

Some of the veterans were wearing blue coats and anoraks as they paraded past. Are you cross at them too?

It's a coat, it was raining. I think in a country where lots of people can not afford new coats it was perfectly acceptable for him to wear a sombre blue anorak.

No, the very least you can do as a political leader is do what lies in your power to ensure that others won't also have to give their lives in future. That is infinitely more important

You see,....THIS ^ is common sense and rational.
All the crap about his coat is irrational immature nonsense.

@purits it's an M&S poppy - they're £5 which is more than the paper ones...many people wear then

Trump, Putin, Macron and Merkel all arrived late for the Armistice ceremony and missed the 11am two minute silence. Where as Jeremy Corbyn gets criticised for the coat he was wearing as if the cut of your coat is a reflection of the level of respect you hold for the dead.
Until we stop prioritising style over substance we will get the leaders we deserve.

Until we stop prioritising style over substance we will get the leaders we deserve.

Thank you jumper - some sense!

He is anti war- his policy LITERALLY honours the fallen by trying for it not to happen again.
Politicians who continue to send innocents to death don't get flak because they wear the right coat???
baffling.

This says it so well.

I can't believe some people think clothes are more important than policy.

It w as raining so he wore a rain coat. I can’t imagine he didn’t it to disrespect the fallen or wind the tabloids up. He probably didn’t think people were this stupid and petty.

I'm more pissed off he didn't attend the service of remembrance on Saturday

What service?

The one that was live on Saturday night that was attended by all senior royals, the PM and reps of all services and a large section on injured veterans.

He sent Emily Thornbury

I don't blame him. It wasn't a service - it was a variety show with a Remembrance theme - entertainment based almost from start to finish. It was awful!

A variety show? Don't be ridiculous. Were they trying to entertain you when they interviewed the parents who'd lost their only child, the first woman soldier to die in Afghanistan? Or the medic who lost both his legs?

It's on every year and I know lots of people who watch it as an act of remembrance for members of their own families, whether they died in war or not.