Is this JC’s “Donkey jacket gate”?

I think Bastani makes some good points.

As for Corbyn's coat I have nothing much to say as I thought it suited him and his style and ' occasion / ceremonies ' are not something he seems to worry about . At least he wore a tie to this wreath laying ceremony .

I do find it amusing at the voices who appear annoyed there is a thread on the subject . They should read what is said about Theresa May, Trump, Boris Johnson and Rees Mogg's clothing habits and hair, perhaps they have even posted themselves.

Old batty

' I think Bastani makes some good points.'
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Well I did acknowledge he spoke for some :-

" I know when he says: " We all know about the poppy appeal, it's a bit of a joke for people on the left, every November this happens." ' he does speak for some but most certainly I hope not for the majority who I think would be appalled to be associated that particular view.'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHgV1sJnLJ0

the weather was atrocious
Um no, must have been another London- the sun shone throughout and IMO it was not even particularly cold for November!

Does this Bastani person know the history of the Poppy appeal or Earl Haig fund?
The first Poppy factory in London was set up with the aim of providing employment to disabled war veterans.
The Royal British Legion now helps disabled ex service personnel to find employment in their own area. They do a very good job, without shouting about it!
Going back to JC, I thought he looked scruffy, but even when he's wearing a suit he has a dishevelled air about him.

No that wasn't one of his good points.

Whatever the history of the poppy and the British Legion its activities and funding over the past years have cast a dark shadow over its existance.

This is unbelievable! Why would anyone care what he wears? He wasn't naked or in a bikini - he just wore a coat for goodness sake! We are entitled not to like the coat (and indeed not to like him), but I cannot see how we can read anything negative into this.

The media pick people and things to pieces in their search for something to say - and to get more clicks on their sites (and thus advertising revenue). Let us not get sucked into their wiles.

Why would anybody care about Theresa Mays clothes, Boris Johnson , Trumps hair or Rees - Mogg?

They do though as copious threads on GN prove.

He wasn't naked or in a bikini
I need a glass of after that thought

Poor Jezza.

Reading the threads on fashion, I realise I'm not very sartorial myself.

Lordy, I misread the word wiles

Tut, tut - lowering the tone!

Yes jalima I felt a bit weak too!

Well I won my bet with myself re this really important issue being aired. Pathetic

I'd say your defence of Corbyn speaks volumes.

His appearance was so 'pathetic' that the two friends I met for coffee this morning both broached the subject of his lack of effort - knowing he would be seen by millions who tuned in to watch the ceremony and the news programmes later.

I watched it yesterday morning with two other people. Before I could, they both mentioned Corbyn's red tie and grey, wishy-washy looking mac. He was making a statement - again.

His lack of support for the UK's defence and our forces is what is really pathetic (and worrying) to my mind, as is his backing of most terrorist groups which are enemies of this land. He appointed Seumas Milne, a terror apologist to a top advisory post. Milne has spoken in support of Hamas as well as Iraqi ‘resistance,’ is Labour communications director

Milne, a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper, wrote in a 2004 article that Iraqi terrorists were the country’s true liberators and called their atrocities a “resistance war.”

We are all aware Corbyn has called Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah “friends."

That this man leads the biggest opposition party to the government yet still feels the need to make a sartorial statement at a national memorial service smacks of school-boy/student rebellion.

That's what's truly pathetic maryeliza54

I understand some people put great store by clothes / style. Some people prefer to look beyond the superficial.. As long as respect was intended and shown..it matters not a jot if done in excessively expensive clothing or high st store clothes. My hair always looks a bit crazy whether I am at a party, funeral or out shopping. It is part of me & I would hate to thonk.people thought my crazy hair was a sign of disrespect!

He wore an overcoat in 2017. Suppose it could have been worse, he could have worn lycra shorts and rode down the Mall on his bicycle

Yes jalima I felt a bit weak too!
I did have to have a glass of vino, most unusual on a Monday evening.

However, it was left over from yesterday, so needed to be tidied up.

Given that we allegedly choose /wear clothes that reflect our personality/ personas, what do we think JCs choices say about him?

He's trying to show that he's anti-establishment and detach himself from those around him.

Given that we allegedly choose /wear clothes that reflect our personality/ personas,
That's it! I am going to throw out all my rather safe, boring clothes.

I want to be daring, adventurous, perhaps a bit hippy again …..

He is going for more young votes

On R4's Any Questions programme on Friday I heard Bastani called the 'Katy Hopkins of the left and a shock jock, who specialises in espousing outrageous ideas'. He was one of the panel and did not question this description. He can be ignored.

Whether he likes it or not Corbyn is now an international figure, he could be our next Prime Minister. He is under scrutiny across the world. Just as he needs and has media advisors and PR support, and he does, however much they hide their jobs behind other job descriptions, he needs to think what impression he gives on great occasions.

Now, I fully understand that all of us on GN are far above such frivolities as judging people by what they wear. Unfortunately, when we descend from our ivory tower, we will find that there are an awful lot of people in the world who aren't on GN and do judge by appearances and if Corbyn expects to cut the mustard as the British PM he has got to walk the walk and talk the talk and look the look.

I am not as outraged as many by what he wore, but really, if in a couple of years time he is going to be on stage with Trump, Macron and whoever is leading Germany then, if he doesn't want to be mistaken for one of the cleaners and trodden into the ground by Trump who didn't see him, he really needs to sharpen up.

bridgeit It could say he does not place great importance on appearance, it could say he prefers to be comfortable rather than conform to others expectations, it could say he does not notice what people wear, it could say he was thinking more about the occasion than what people thought of him.... we will never know what the reason was and tbh it really is not v important.

Rather like Teresa May dancing, JC will be damned if he dresses up & damned if he dresses in his usual style. Those who want to make political points, without reference to policies, will reduce political debate to shallow personality /personal slanging matches.

Perhaps he'll find a helpful personal shopper if he becomes PM.

Go for it Jalima ?post a pic for us to share, xx