Brighton pavilion backdrop at Labour conference sparks fury among people who are mistaking it for a mosque

Labour’s Brighton Pavilion backdrop at their party conference has sparked an outcry among people who mistook it for an image of a mosque.

The backdrop on the main conference stage features a pink silhouette of the seaside town’s most famous landmark the Royal Pavilion.

But Labour faced a backlash on social media from people who decided the logo looked like the outline of a mosque.

The building was actually a seaside retreat for King George IV and was transformed from a modest farmhouse into the building it is today from 1787 to 1822.

The current appearance of the building was based on Indian architecture and is the work of designer John Nash, who extended it from 1815 to 1822.

After George’s death, it went on to become a civic building and was also used as a hospital in World War One.

Guardian reporter Peter Walker had noted that it was “only a matter of time before some idiot says the Labour-in-Brighton conference logo shows a mosque”.

One man, who claimed to be a Labour supporter, wrote: “Why is there a mosque on the LabourConference2017 poster. As a Labour voter I am greatly offended.”