An aide of Labour leader Ed Miliband’s cancelled a photoshoot outside the Brighton Pavilion over fears it might be mistaken for a mosque, The Times reports today.
In a critique of Labour’s election campaign, the national newspaper uses the decision as an example of the party’s desperation not to be seen as soft on immigration.
It says: “There was an at times almost comical neurosis about the issue: in a moment straight out of The Thick of It, a planned photo call with the leader in front of the Brighton Pavilion was dropped because an aide feared voters might think it was a mosque.”
If true, this wouldn’t be the first time the mistake was made.
In 2013, a screenshot of EDL members discussing a photo of the pavilion under the impression it was a mosque after the far-right group marched here was widely circulated on social media.
Just when you think Labour cannot sink any lower…
Yes, and the Green Councils tenure was one of reasonableness and common-sense, wasn’t it?
Look, the people of Brighton rejected you incapable and incompetent Green loons at the polls; just live with it