Is this JC’s “Donkey jacket gate”?

Well, I wondered beforehand if he would even be there. Haven't seen anything of him recently and wondered if he was still alive. Also wondered what "statement" he would make. Now we know.

“Scruffy” not “stuffy”.

It has to be a statement though doesn’t it ?
The ex-servicemen dressed properly as they were effectively “on parade” and also they probably remembered what their “Sarnt major” would have said to them if they had turned out looking stuffy!
Body language and appearance can be very eloquent though. I was not personally bothered until thinking about it after, but BIL turned up in a scruffy anorak type thing (with a rip in the sleeve) to Paws funeral. He is a retired professor and no doubt saw nothing wrong with the scruffy absent minded academic look. Their father would have given him such a bo**ocking!

The German President (?) looked extremely smart and behaved with great respect. Pity Corbyn had to have one eye on the student electorate! His bow was better this year, so perhaps there's hope?!!

Aaaah fair point Annie maybe his expenses don't run to suits, poppies and overcoats.

The small poppy that some of you have mentioned is actually an enamel pin. This year’s version has been very popular as it is the centenary. The pin has the year on it. My DH , the local organiser of the poppy collection in our village, wears one and he is certainly not being disrespectful.

Last year he earned £114,342, how could he afford anything other than an anorak

I am another that thought he looked odd amongst a sea of suits and overcoats.

If wearing an anorak complete with hood was a statement -- I have to say it reflects poorly on him. It was a time for respect as evinced in the clothing of all the others there. If those poor ex soldiers confined to wheelchairs could turn up in a blazer then so could JC.

perhaps he went to put his nice black overcoat on and found the moth had got to it, so he had to grab whatever coat he could find.

Corbyn had a lovely overcoat on last year.
May have been because it had been raining there in the morning and his Crombie might have shrunk hahahaha.

I wonder why he chose to wear an old mac though ? Perhaps it's his impoverished look in keeping with a Labour leader.

He should have stayed away, but that would have been honest
that thought crossed my mind, he probably would have preferred to stay away and make a point. However, his desire to hang on to leadership probably over-rode that.

On my first impression I thought JC looked scruffy but I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt even with the too long trouser legs. But when I saw the hood I laughed out loud. Not clever or smart, JC. However I doubt that he gave his attire a moments thought. He gives me the impression that he is out of his depth and that John Mcdonnell is the power behind the throne.

He should have stayed away, but that would have been honest, Corbyn doesn’t do honest

Although I think Corbyn has got better, dresses and suppressed some of his more extreme views in the interests of hanging on to power popularity, he still has much of the student radical in him.

Statesman he is not and will never be.

mind you, Trump looks smart, nice overcoat ….. but he doesn't turn up when there is a ceremony.

I'm fence-sitting, aren't I!

Well I’ll leave the children to play bless - it’s not as though they are up to anything that matters
Why are some people nasty to each other Nanasam?

Sadly some seem incapable of a different response. .

He can do smart, he does it for HAMAS, Jerry Adams, Et Al, just not for any Pro UK cause.

Personally I think it is quite an important issue because the face we show to the world is how we want people to see us. If we dress as a Goth, or a hippie, or covered in tattoos, we are making a statement.

Representatives from all over the world have been wearing their best in order to show respect at various remembrance ceremonies in Europe, at the Albert Hall, etc - Corbyn wanted to make a statement and I read that statement to say that he couldn't care less. ducks below parapet!!!

Which part of my original post was exactly a LIE?
(Given that it was my opinion)

Was it I know appearance is not everything
Or was it looks like .....to me ?

Why are some people so nasty to each other on here?

grow up

Unfortunately that is what Corbyn seems incapable of doing.
A leader who wishes to be a statesman needs to learn to behave like one.
Remember how his popularity ratings went up when he scrubbed up in the last election?

Whereas your OP is cheap and childish and has a lie in it as well - well done. Now I really must get on with grown up stuff

Added to that, the way he holds the wreath dangling down towards his knees
Oh dear, why did that make me laugh
I know it is serious, sorry

Well I’ll leave the children to play bless - it’s not as though they are up to anything that matters.

You would know all about predictable Maw

Your point being?
Other than cheap jibe and insult.

Just looked at the footage again (thank you for the link Maw) and it looks even worse than I remembered. The tie looks a kind of purple and the poppy is so tiny it is hardly visible. Added to that, the way he holds the wreath dangling down towards his knees. He would have been better not to go at all.