Compare and contrast

There are those who don't want Donald Trump here.  The counter-argument is that he is here, not as Donald Trump, but as President of the United States, and as such should be afforded the honour and dignity appropriate to that office.  So - Jeremy Corbyn is not to everybody's taste but he is also the Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition and, as with Trump, we (and he) should keep the man and the office separate.  So in my book, he should have attended the Royal Banquet given for the President, not as Jeremy Corbyn, but in his capacity as Leader of the Opposition.  His absence was thus doubly dishonorable.