Not that I'm on this woman's side or anything but I do feel sorry for her. Pictures tell a thousand words, but are they always the right ones? If you don't know the circumstances as to why she was wearing the vest, then a 'news'paper like the Dail Heil can seriously manipulate you. She and several witnesses have said she went for a walk around with the met and one of the senor police handed her the vest saying it was a new type of vest and would she like to wear it (we don't know what that persons motives were, maybe they set her up with the Daily Heil seeing as she isn't the sharpest tool in the box). .Politicians are often asked to wear the uniform, like a building site hat, flack jacket for a photo-op. She put it on and well the rest is history. So I think she's been naive as i'm sure she wouldn't want to paint her own constituancy voters negatively as opposed to trying to make a crime statement or embarasss her boss, Gordon Brown. In fact there has been some praise for her in some quaters at the way she gunned down the Dail Heil on Radio 4 later that day.