Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester has
visited Weatherfield. Technically part of Andy’s mayoral constituency,
Weatherfield has its own mayor but we won’t go into all that.
Andy took to the cobbles as part of his work on
tackling environmental issues facing in the area. Back in March the ‘Manchester
Green Summit’ was held in the region and who better to help put a subsequent
plan into action than a soap that has won numerous awards for its green
efforts.
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| Twitter: @MayorOfGM |
The awards for Corrie started flooding in when the
programme moved to its new home at MediaCity. The first major gong was won at
the Observer Ethical Awards and Producer Kieron Roberts had this to say at the
time:
“This is a very
special and important award, one which we are all very proud to receive.
Coronation Street has strived to improve the sustainability of every element of
the production from how we power our site, to how we encourage electronic
working for scripts and paperwork, to how we minimise waste and recycle
wherever possible, to how we produce food, source costumes, and create sets.”
Now at the end
of every episode, after the credits you will see the albert+ sustainable
production logo in recognition of their continuing efforts to make an environmentally-friendly show.
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| Twitter: @ITVCorrie |
The UK
government this week declared a “Climate Emergency” – the first country to do
so, recognising that climate change and poor air quality are a real and present
danger. The Mayor and cast and crew of Coronation Street are obviously taking note.
Andy Burnham,
and the Labour Party which he represents have many connections to Coronation
Street. Often when the Labour conference takes place in Manchester, politicians
dance the night away at parties in the Rovers Return.
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| Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls & union boss Frances O'Grady |
Actor Julie
Hesmondhalgh who played the iconic Hayley Cropper is a prominent Labour Party
campaigner.
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| Andy and Julie share a giggle at conference |
Batley and Spen
MP Tracy Brabin played Tricia Armstrong in Corrie.
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| Tracy and legend Johnny Briggs |
Unfortunately
this Blogger is sad to report that Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn
prefers….Eastenders.
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| No comment. |
Incidentally
across the UK local council elections are taking place today.
Good luck to all Weatherfield candidates!
Twitter: @StevieDawson
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2 comments:
I think Blair, Thatcher and others also visited the set.
They did indeed. Politicians like to piggy back on the popularity of the nation's favourite soap:)
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