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Some politicians careers end in scandal. Some end in infamy. The lucky ones end up on Strictly Come Dancing.

But just 18 months after returning to the back benches, Ed Miliband is already being used as a generic picture of a man blowing his nose.

Last night’s edition of NBC news featured a round-up of all the information about this year’s strain of the flu.

To illustrate the seasonal story, they chose a series of stock images of people looking a bit poorly and wiping away the sniffles.

But eagle-eyed viewers noticed something familiar about the first generic picture.

The former Labour Leader was pictured with a big white hanky, clearing out his sinuses with the caption “Flu risk”.

It’s not the first time the US has got a bit confused about Mr Miliband.

In October, a pro-Donald Trump website falsely outed the Doncaster MP as Hillary Clinton ’s “hitman and secret sex fixer.”

The entirely unsubstantiated story claimed to be quoting one of Sec. Clinton’s aides.

Mr Miliband's awkward sneeze moment took place in 2011, on the fourth day of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool.