Agreed. I do not understand why the rulers all around the world are dressing in black suits where only a top tailor could tell who is wearing the best cloth. It seems to be the uniform of power. Maybe they distinguish by their frigging ties. But I still like Bernie, even though I'm further left than him.
I'll admit that when I met Waters in '66 at my university, most of the time I was wearing a jacket and tie, albeit as much covered with flowers as I could find! To my shame, Iwas wearing a Union Jack when I met him, but more as colour than loyalty. Thank God the only time I had to swear allegiance to the crown was when I became a Canadian citizen.
My mother was a Dublin girl.

@rogerbenham I agree that American pols, at least the men, all wear suits because it is the uniform of power. Glad this guy rejects it. I dress casual all the time and feel no need to dress fashionably upscale, because I do not identify with upper middle class people and want to make that clear in my clothing, rather than risk being lumped in with them on appearance. My one suit is for funerals and weddings, that's it. I'm not interested in impressing most people. Like you, I am probably to the left of Bernie, but in America, that doesn't really matter much, because we are never going to get anyone to the left of him as a leader, at least not in my lifetime.

@TomMcGiverin I guess what interests me is that "top" people around the world are gradually all dressing the same. The men in black that Diana Spencer talked about, except hers were secret service. The Arabs have mostly resisted as so far many Africans have.
I emigrated to Canada from England in 1974 and very quickly discarded wearing ties and then suits.

@rogerbenham I'm not surprised most of them are starting to dress the same. Why not? They have plenty of practice trading fashion notes with their regular meetings at the Davos summits, etc.

@TomMcGiverin But equally it means that each of them does not want to stand out. I can't imagine Branson dressing like that. Even Monk usually I see tie-less. Uniforms we had at school so we did not appear wealthier than one another. So it implies that they recognise reaching a status and being required to wear the uniform. Once I was a top consulting engineer but I avoided suits.

@rogerbenham That could well be it too.

His "can't afford to" list are criticisms of those choices.