Off the shoulder politicians.

Does this even need debating, she wore a dress to work and some morons decided to not only slate the woman's choice of dress but made classless, sexist and chauvinistic remarks. Which in her defence she made a good comeback to. I'm far more interested in what a politician has to say than her choice of dress.
 
Did you see the full clip? She has a leg / ankle in plaster right now. She had to hop to get to the despatch box at which point part of the dress on her shoulder slipped down. She answers the question without realising what has happened.

I think if it had started out that way it would not really be work appropriate but if you see the full picture then it is just one of those things. On the upside, the dress has been flying off the shelves (good for shops), the mp has rightly laughed it off and she is now auctioning the dress for charity. The people having a pop are quite rightly coming off worse in this one.
 
Next thing we’ll have discontent over female MPs wearing dresses that show too much cleavage - oops - nearly forgot - we’ve already had that have we not...

I am sure that there is a hoc dress code...probably written in less enlightened times ?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Next thing we’ll have discontent over female MPs wearing dresses that show too much cleavage - oops - nearly forgot - we’ve already had that have we not...

I am sure that there is a hoc dress code...probably written in less enlightened times ?
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There is no dress code for women mp’s in the hoc, only a dress code for male mp’s.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Did you see the full clip? She has a leg / ankle in plaster right now. She had to hop to get to the despatch box at which point part of the dress on her shoulder slipped down. She answers the question without realising what has happened.

I think if it had started out that way it would not really be work appropriate but if you see the full picture then it is just one of those things. On the upside, the dress has been flying off the shelves (good for shops), the mp has rightly laughed it off and she is now auctioning the dress for charity. The people having a pop are quite rightly coming off worse in this one.
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She has handled it brilliantly. As far as I'm concerned it is more about what they are saying than what they are wearing. I actually like Tracy Brabin as an MP and think she could go a long way in her political career
 
murphthemog said:
Probably because when the dress code was written, there were no female mp's, and women probably didn't have the vote.
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Exactly, and they’ve only had 102 years since the first female mp to sort it out.:)
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Is there anything that says how honourable members should sit whilst the house is itself sitting.?
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I think we know where that is going :D. In MP's defence, if you ever do a tour of the House you will be told that speakers are placed in the back of each seat, around shoulder level. There are times when to hear clearly you do not lean forward to hear the person speaking, you wont hear them, but slouch back to hear what comes out of the speaker. It makes them look as though they are sleeping or slouching and whilst they may be it is also a slightly unfair view. The chamber is badly designed, it is not built for the modern era, and this is one of the many weaknesses of it.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I think we know where that is going :D. In MP's defence, if you ever do a tour of the House you will be told that speakers are placed in the back of each seat, around shoulder level. There are times when to hear clearly you do not lean forward to hear the person speaking, you wont hear them, but slouch back to hear what comes out of the speaker. It makes them look as though they are sleeping or slouching and whilst they may be it is also a slightly unfair view. The chamber is badly designed, it is not built for the modern era, and this is one of the many weaknesses of it.
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If we ever do get a new purpose built UK parliament in Leeds or Sheffield, what would they do with the current antiquated place? Prime location for luxury flats?:eek:
Also it's all the associated whitehall govt buildings/departments that would also be affected by parliament being elsewhere - no one mentions those.

Cant see the UK parliament ever leaving there BUT it could well be downsized by the set up of 3 or 4 regional assemblies around England in a devolving of power, that could take the pressure off Westminster and even things up for the English as you see regional govt in NI/Scotland/Wales but not in England which is not right imo. Has that got mileage?
 
ger147 said:
You said above there is a dress code for men but not women. I posted the link I did to correct your mistake. ????
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Parliament has always had a Dress Code for men as laid down in Erskine May, it never mentioned women, just men.
The link is the guidance updated in 2017 by Bercow.

Let’s be honest, you’re more interested in proving me wrong than adding to the thread. Well done.(y)
 
pauldj42 said:
Parliament has always had a Dress Code for men as laid down in Erskine May, it never mentioned women, just men.
The link is the guidance updated in 2017 by Bercow.

Let’s be honest, you’re more interested in proving me wrong than adding to the thread. Well done.(y)
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The document I posted was updated and issued in 2018.

Not interested in proving anything about anyone, just trying to be helpful.
 
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