Miliband pulled out of photo-shoot at British heritage site 'because it looked like a mosque'

Party leadership feared it would anger workers who blamed previous government for failing to control mass immigration

British Labour Party politician Ed Miliband, who was defeated in the UK general elections last month, became the subject of controversy on Wednesday after it was revealed he was pulled out of a photo-shoot in front of a heritage site because it “looked too much like a mosque”.

A close of aide of Miliband revealed that the photo-shoot was cancelled in front of Brighton Pavilion due to its architectural similarity with mosques.

The party leadership feared it would infuriate workers who blamed the previous Labour government for its failure to control mass immigration.

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The Times describes the decision as evidence of the leadership’s “almost comical neurosis” about immigration.

The incident also contradicts Miliband's rejection of 'photo-op politics’ pursued by Tony Blair and David Cameron.

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"If you want the politician from central casting, it's just not me, it's the other guy," he said in a bid to counter damaging photos of him eating a bacon sandwich and endless depictions of him as Wallace out of Wallace and Gromit.

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Previously, aides had revealed to The Times how Miliband was warned against eating bacon in front of cameras.

This article originally appeared in The Independent.