OK, so we'll blame the rain. That can be the only explanation. It dissolved any sense of sartorial sense at Prez. Zuma's State of The Nation address in Parly. In Freudian terms this is Patricia de Lille showing deep meegevoel (empathy) with the Kaapse Klopse - a tad ahead of their annual carnival.  Being Boss of the diminishing ID, she chose not to wield her own brollie! Maybe someone can share this attention-getter with under-siege Gordon Brown, the British PM and help him make a splash. Grief Pattie, wot wuz yer thinking'?