A photo of Ed Milband blowing his nose was used as a generic “man with the flu” picture on an American news channel.
The ex-Labour leader was shown on the NBC’s Nightly News programme as a stock image to introduce a news report about flu vaccinations.
It was believed to have been taken at the 2011 Labour Party conference following the 2010 Labour leadership election which saw Mr Miliband voted in.
Scores of people took to social media to respond to the embarrassing moment for the Doncaster North MP.
Morgan Rigg said on Twitter: “Now we Americans will remember him alright: Ed Miliband, the Man with Flu!”
Lorraine Homer said: “I keep checking@Ed_Miliband profile hoping that his bio now reads ‘Husband. Dad. MP. Former Labour leader. US TV flu guy’. No joy yet…”
