Catholic MP with ashes on her forehead causes stir in the Commons [View all]

Carol Monaghan said that most people did not know what the symbol meant



MP Carol Monaghan on Ash Wednesday

by Staff Reporter
posted Friday, 3 Mar 2017

Catholic MP Carol Monaghan has said that having ashes on her forehead at a Commons select committee meeting turned into a teaching moment when a number of colleagues did not know what the symbol meant.

The MP for Glasgow North West told the BBC that she was not embarrassed to appear on television displaying the mark.

“When I came into committee, one of the members asked me about it. I said ‘it’s Ash Wednesday’ and they said ‘but this is going to be broadcast’.

“I think they just thought I didn’t want to be embarrassed – but I was not going to rub it off,” Monaghan said.

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