To think that a lot of Corbyn's anorak comments

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Aren't genuine? As in, they are paid for?

Come on, real people cannot ACTUALLY be that shallow!

(I am not a labor voter, nor a voter at all. Just an observer, really)

I despise him. I hate that you can’t criticise him without being accused of being a Tory bot. He’s more dangerous than the tories. Especially with McDonnell next to him.

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I wonder what would have been discussed if he hadn't worn a blue raincoat. Because there would have been something wrong that's for sure.

Or the continuation of the discussion from the previous thread.

Why are we having the same debate again? Weren't the 1000 posts on the other thread enough.
If you didn't understand after that then I don't see much point repeating it all again.

I think people in the media were looking for a problem and whipped one up out of thin air. But I also think Corbyn takes pride in not conforming. Whether anyone is stupid enough to pay people to post on Mumsnet about it is anyone's guess. Waste of money in my view.

I do think that Remembrance Sunday is still immensely important for a lot of people. There are still people alive who lost close and loved family in the second world war. And I think there is an inherited trauma that has been passed down to subsequent generations. Consequently, people who attend events and lay wreaths have a duty to dress appropriately. Broadly speaking, I think Jeremy Corbyn looked fine. He probably would ave looked more in keeping with everyone else if he had worn a wool coat an carried an umbrella, but it wasn't as if he was wearing a denim shorts, a Hawaiian shirt and a bandana.

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How an anorak deviates from the basic expectations of correct dress comes down to the event in question.

Formal occasions call for formal attire, for men that means suit/shirt/tie and in colder weather an overcoat (there are several styles of formal overcoat but they are smart and tailored in style). Either Jeramy Corbyn knows this, or he accidentally managed to achieve it last year (of course he knows it, it would be insulting to think otherwise). The Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph is, for the official party, a formal occasion.

An unconstructed anorak, while admittedly being weather appropriate a lot of the time in this country, doesn't look smart and isn't designed to be so. That's why it deviates from the expectations of the occasion, it gave the wrong impression because it didn't conform to the norm.

He wore a wooden overcoat last year. He knew the dress code and had an appropriate coat.

He was making a point; he shouldn’t have done.

A wooden overcoat? He is such a plank!

Actually - isn’t thar a euphemism for a coffin!

That not thar - dammit.

I've not been paid a penny to say the bloke looks a prick in his C&A coat

I think people in the media were looking for a problem and whipped one up out of thin air.
You want to believe that but it isn't true. I managed to notice all by myself that JC was wearing totally different garb to the rest. It wasn't hard to spot.

A wooden overcoat? He is such a plank!

I think they are probably genuine judging about how often people comment on other's clothing and style choices. Though in this country pot and kettle come to mind.

I almost think it would be better if the comments were being made for money. It reflects very badly on us that we are wound up and told who to hate, and we do it.

Mine were real

The jacket is a niggle. I like many other Labour supports (or ex Labour supporters) are angry and upset about the totally lack of professionalism of the party at the moment under his and momentum’s leadership. We can see it’s once again Corbyn’s sticking it to the man/establishment back bench rebel politics. It’s pathetic

Like I said on the other thread the fact that this gained him more attention than anything else he has to say or rather not say over Brexit in this week of all weeks shows how ridiculous his leadership has become

He is leader of the opposition the party many expect to hold the ruling party to account May was under constant attack this week in parliament yet it was him that looked out of his depth and utterly useless at high level politics

Well, people constantly moan about Theresa May’s clothes and necklaces, so why not?

I didn't comment but this is the reason I can't stomach JC.
He knows that the media will pick up on this. It will throw up a shit storm and give Momentum the chance yet again to say ' stop attacking, focus on the Tory scum etc.' It takes the focus off real issues and makes him look pathetic because he isn't focus on real issues.
Yet still he does it! Just to signal his own virtue, play the man of the people card and to court this type of attention. He allows himself to get draw into a stupid situation all over a coat

A wooden overcoat? He is such a plank!

Dammit