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TM and THAT dress

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MawBroon Wed 26-Jul-17 07:02:22

OK I am being sexist, but that Next dress on the front of today's DT really got my day off to a bad start. Fair enough, her pins are pretty good, but a woman of her age does NOT IMO wear a little pink shirt dress suitable for a girl/woman less than half her age several inches above the knee.
Girlish? Yuk!
Say what you like about Michelle Obama or Sam Cam but they knew how to look elegant, whether formally dressed or smart casual.
(Brigitte Macron is another whose determination to look "young" irritates me.There is such a thing as trying TOO hard. )

Anniebach Fri 04-Aug-17 13:36:10

How can a photograph of a step mother sitting next to a step son be taken as proof they get on well together . Suppose she is hesrerr in age to his eldest son than to her husband, not sure.

So he is too busy to issue any comment on Venezuela because he is on a cycling holiday in Croatia , didn't look like he had socks with his shorts, looked very lonely though. I read recently an interview he gave a few years ago, seems he could never have a friend who wasn't of the far left.

Ilovecheese Fri 04-Aug-17 14:14:46

So, we're back to any excuse to criticise Jeremy Corbyn, even on a thread about clothes

Ana Fri 04-Aug-17 14:16:36

Why not? It seems that any excuse is good enough to criticise Theresa May.

Anniebach Fri 04-Aug-17 14:26:51

Corbyn isn't above criticsm surely ? There are posts defending him too.

Anniebach Fri 04-Aug-17 14:27:52

And an excuse isn't needed surely?

petra Fri 04-Aug-17 14:29:04

Corby: the gift that keeps on giving. Anyone could choose whatever subject they wanted and I could bring a negative slant on Corbyn in to it.
I despise and loath the man.

Anniebach Fri 04-Aug-17 14:43:55

For me it's his hypocrisy and he lies

durhamjen Fri 04-Aug-17 14:46:10

Other people are hypocrites, too, about where they stand.

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 15:44:26

I presume you all know what the farmers are paid for your coffee brand.
All we can do is our best, but I am not a coffee importer, just a person who drinks one cup of coffee a day. And I have bought coffee direct from the plantation before now and I know that the workers are paid a good wage and other benefits.

The most stark example is the recent controversy over Fairtrade and the payment of a living wage to coffee workers on smallholder farms in Ethiopia and Uganda. Research from SOAS, found that the Fairtrade Foundation is unable to ensure that all workers get paid a living wage. Most coffee is produced by smallholders who employ some workers - the latter tend to be the worst paid. This is partly because their employers are poor themselves, and also because it is hard to police what happens on thousands of tiny farms.

Fairtrade Foundation standards do not regulate wages if a smallholder employs less than a “significant number” of workers, which is generally interpreted to mean 20. If they employ fewer than 20, they aren’t even required to pay the legal minimum wage.

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 15:45:00

Oh, new style font didn't italicise!

Anniebach Fri 04-Aug-17 16:02:48

Yes Jen, and you are one of the first to point them out but you defend Corbyn.

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 16:04:59

he is on a cycling holiday in Croatia

Up and down the mountains? In 45C heat shock

whitewave Fri 04-Aug-17 17:06:24

The whole of the Mediterranean is having this dreadful heatshock there is no pleasure is such high temperatures imo.

I was reading yesterday that once the temperature rises above something like 32c you body begins to struggle. We are incredibly lucky in the UK.

petra Fri 04-Aug-17 17:18:25

jalima
I hope he's not giving his nylon shell suit an airing grin

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 17:21:04

There were fires in Croatia the other week, houses burned in Split. We have been there when the hillsides have been on fire, very frightening.

durhamjen Fri 04-Aug-17 17:56:23

Not in his shell suit.

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durhamjen Fri 04-Aug-17 17:56:24

Not in his shell suit.

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Anniebach Fri 04-Aug-17 18:07:48

Or his socks

gillybob Fri 04-Aug-17 18:21:06

.... and here we see a British male wearing a pair of Forest green ( liberal) shorts with off white brush-nylon shirt . Studying the menu in the local tavern... Now how do you say " cold Heinz beans straight from the tin" in Croatia? Kositra hladno grah... with a spoon"

Which member of Gransnet is going to admit to being that woman drooling at the top of the photo?

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 20:23:47

It looks a bit like the back street in Dubrovnik where I got lost and stopped for a coffee.

Hot and bothered and expecting a nice cup of coffee, I was surprised to receive an inch of strong Turkish-style coffee in a tiny cup.

Jalima1108 Fri 04-Aug-17 20:25:31

best opt for a pizza Jeremy and a long glass of something refreshing.

rosesarered Fri 04-Aug-17 20:52:59

Is he on a tandem with Dianne Abbot?

petra Fri 04-Aug-17 20:55:31

Ouch, that's hitting below the belt, rose but funny grin

durhamjen Fri 04-Aug-17 20:59:16

Your eyesight is amazing, gillybob, if you think that woman is drooling and you can tell the shirt is brushed nylon.

Of course, you can't, can you? Anything to criticise.

Jane10 Fri 04-Aug-17 21:43:37

Or just for a laugh...