"John Prescott in Heels"

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott appears to be a fan of would-be councillor Sally Metcalfe. John's Twitter (@JohnPrescott) profile photo shows him and Sally with the hilarious Corrie quote from a recent episode "She's like John Prescott in heels" - and he's clearly delighted with the comparison.

The Street has become very political of late, to the delight of this Blogger, and now that Norris Cole is standing in the elections too, we should expect lots more debate and mud-slinging over the coming weeks.

Coronation Street has a long association with real-life politics and the Labour Party, with Tony Blair following in Margaret Thatcher's footsteps by visiting the old Quay Street set back in 2005.

More recently you may have seen John and other shadow cabinet members including Ed Balls dancing the night away on the set following Labour's annual conference in Manchester.

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Pics: Ed Miliband in the Rovers Return at Labour Party Conference

 The Labour Party conference is taking place in Manchster this week.  And the Daily Mirror newspaper had their conference party at the old Coronation Street set last week.

There are some wonderful pictures at the Daily Mirror website, have a look here. 

John Prescott popped into the party to pull a pint behind the bar of the Rovers Return.

Vera! #corrieonenationstreet #Lab14 pic.twitter.com/TTjlN0c7nB
— John Prescott (@johnprescott) September 23, 2014

And Labour leader Ed Miliband popped in with comedian Eddie Izzard too.

And @Ed_Miliband and Eddie Izzard make an appearance at the Rovers... pic.twitter.com/DDWrqd7t6s
— Jonathan Isaby (@isaby) September 23, 2014

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Caption competition: Ed Miliband in the Rovers

Labour leader Ed Miliband paid a visit to the Coronation Street set today. But what's Stella saying to him?  Caption this picture and leave your comments below - the best one gets a virtual glass of stout.

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