Corbyn at the Cenotaph and lays a wreath.

Oh FFS - "he only went to Derbyshire" - he went to flood victims AND the Festival of Remembrance, Corbyn DID NOT. Stop making stupid excuses. What's next? He's too old, he keeps his own diary, he didn't know the route, he had a flat tyre? Beggars belief.

Funny how the press doesn't ridicule Johnson for his appearance. He is our PM and should look smart. Compare their attitude to the comments over Michael Foot at the Cenotaph and he wasn't the PM.

Boris of course only went to Derbyshire, the Yorkshire floods were much too far North for him.

Are we ridiculed by the rest of the world ? This is a fact ?

JC looked very smart. Boris can’t help being hunched over, he just is, perhaps he has osteoporosis. Yes, he might have looked better with his coat buttoned up, but was probably more comfy with it loose. As for his hair, that is how he has it, what would we say if he came with it all flat and Brylcreemed?

"Boris Johnson" and "statesmanlike" don't belong in the same sentence.

The most embarrassing and inept Foreign Secretary is now our worst ever Prime Minister.

No wonder we are ridiculed by the rest of the world- even in the USA where they thought they were embarrassed by Trump!

BJ managed to do both!!!!!!!!

"Corbyn" and "statesmanlike" don't belong in the same sentence.

So says the granny who started today's most irrelevant thread. What was it now? Oh yes 'Corbyn misses a concert to visit the people flooded out in the North'

"Corbyn" and "statesmanlike" don't belong in the same sentence.

No, maddyone, this is a thread about Corbyn's attendance at the Cenotaph, not about Remembrance Day. And threads wander.

I imagine it was an attempt to show sympathy. It’s actually very difficult to know what to say in the face of such acute pain and loss. I’m not sure any words really help the victims. But this thread is supposed to be about the victims of war, surely we can stay on the subject on this day, Remembrance Day. My family lost two young soldiers on the Somme, and two cousins in the WW2. My father fought in WW2 as did my uncle. It would be respectful to stay on topic. I will repeat, I thought the leaders of all the political parties looked fine and executed their duties very well. It’s what we have every right to expect. They represent us.

Good heavens, Annie, surely anyone, with experience of life and awareness of how devastated those people must have felt, even if they themselves were lucky enough not to have experienced a major trauma in their lives, must have felt the pain they were experiencing. That rather trite sounding phrase may not have comforted you particularly in a similar situation, but it is an attempt at expressing empathy and deep sympathy that many people could be grateful for.

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Nothing wrong with putting an arm around someone, but telling them ‘I feel your pain ‘ is rather over the top .

I would imagine the flood victims felt much the same sodapop . The Cenotaph is a service of Remembrance and commentators used to include references to such conflict never happening again.

Well I thought they all looked suitably attired and behaved just as they’re expected to behave. What a silly spat about who looked what! It’s Remembrance Day, we should all be thinking about those who died in previous wars. Never again, I hope.

Yes and as I said on the other thread, JC was the only politician a couple of years back who stayed till the end of the Veterans march past. I’m sure that didn’t get reported.

For once I agree, it was more important for Corbyn to be with the flood victims than to be at the Festival of Remembrance. He was at the Cenotaph and that was the place to remember all those who died in various conflicts.

No, he'd be accused of being too emotional, as he was when he dared to put a sympathetic arm round Grenfell survivors when he visited them the day after.

Why have we got another thread all about him not being there The poor sod couldnt get it right if he was walking there on his knees

I always felt sorry for Michael Foot when he was crucified for how he looked at a cenotaph ceremony....what’s that all about? No one looked tidier, smarter and more statesmanlike than Tony Blair and we all know how that went!

merlotgran, it IS a fashion parade when Corbyn isn't suited and booted. Makes the front pages in fact.

I watched it too - Corbyn bbowed his head and showed respect.
But I was more impressed with a man soon after him, didn't recognise him, who held up his head after laying the wreath. To show pride and gratitude to those who gave their lives.

I didn't realise it was a fashion parade.