Mosque / Cathedral

[sp1814]

Leaving aside the (admittedly justifiable) mocking tone of the report...would you mistake Westminster Cathedral for a mosque?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-mocked-after-mistaking-westminster-cathedral-for-mosque-9887540.html

[mushroom25]

people make mistakes - David Lammy tweeted his ire at the crass use of black smoke from the Vatican chimney.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah - the colour scheme is the same as the one in Cordoba
Mezquita–catedral de Córdoba

and I think of it every time I pass [ er the one in London ]

( clue - both buildings are cathedrals )

[Peter Pedant]

yeah and since we are thinking laterally

Diane Abbott mentioned the Midlothian question ( campaign of 1878-1880 ) when in fact she was talking about the West Lothian question that is vexing current politicians of Scots MPs interfering in matters thatdont concern them

[sandyRoe]

Wasn't the cathedral in Cordoba once one of the grandest mosques in Islam?

[ChillDoubt]

Not a very good pic in the link. Didn't even know there was a cathedral, just an Abbey.
Having looked at other images, hand on heart if I didn't know otherwise I would have said that the large tower on the left more than resembles a minaret.
It certainly wouldn't have struck me as a building associated with Christianity.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah yeah and in 1970 the populist politician Bella Abzug in Amerikee looking for votes of course - subscribed to the 'Troops out of Dublin ' movement

[Peter Pedant]

O god sandy lord love us - mezquita is thpanith for mosque ( or mezjeed in Arabic ) and THAT is why I mentioned it

NB it is also stripey.

as is ( stripey ) the Duomo of Siena but I dont think anyone has tried to face east and pray at midday in that !

[BlackadderV]

Westminster cathedral is the RC cathedral. The Anglican cathedral is St Paul's.
Westminster Abbey is a royal peculiar, over which the bishop has no jurisdiction.

[Ric.ror]

Well I've seen a crib scene in a catholic housing shop with two buddahs in it

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah we re talking about the Roman one - stripey it is.... like rock
not Brighton Rock but St Peter's Rock

( pun intended )

[Peter Pedant]

The local childrens hospital had a crib without Baby Jesus as one of the medical students on xmas eve thought what fun it would be to nnick it

The crib now has bars on it - and is due to be given an outing later this month !

[sandyRoe]

Greene knew both of them ^

[Peter Pedant]

This thread has a delightful out-to-lunch flavour to it

[BlackadderV]

Like it Sandy. Best not explain.

[sandyRoe]

It's certainly wide ranging. UKIP ignorance, the fate of the Grand Mosque after the Christians re-took Spain, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Westminster Cathedral.

[anotheoldgit]

The answer lies in this "Ukip tweeted back":

Was this an official UKIP responce or just someone who enjoys such sites as Twitter and we all know what some are like on there.

[sp1814]

AOG

Yes - it looked like a response from UKIP's South Thanet branch. Whoever tweeted must be a UKIP official otherwise they would not have access to the Twitter account.

[Peter Pedant]

thank God a breath of common sense from AOG amidst all this frivolity

[ichkeria]

That is v funny if true.
There's a Catholic Church in Mostar with a ridiculously tall tower, apparently designed to outdo the minarets across the river. It looks ridiculous.
Maybe Westminster Cathedral was designed to fool the UKIP of the future ...

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// Yes - it looked like a response from UKIP's South Thanet branch. Whoever tweeted must be a UKIP official otherwise they would not have access to the Twitter account. ///

Thanks for that sp I should have read the report more closely.

But wair a minute I have just read the report again and I can see no mention of the words "Ukip tweeted back" so that leads me to believe the report has since been updated.