Pics: Labour leader Ed Miliband on Coronation Street

The Labour leader Ed Miliband has paid a visit to the Coronation Street set today. The Labour party conference is currently taking place in Manchester.  The MEN says that Ed's wife is a fan of the show but he doesn't usually watch it.

Miliband gets tips on wine, women and horses from Corrie's Karl

St Ella asks Miliband to come through to the back

Ed Miliband's not the first polictician to have used the Street's popularity to bolster their own.
Tony Blair did it and Thatcher did it.

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