Utterly pathetic. the Guardian owned Manchester Evening News ran a similar story last year.  Coronation Street stars run gauntlet of hate   CORONATION Street stars ran a gauntlet of hate to appear at a rally against racism in) and Shobna Gulati (Sunita) braved a picket by supporters of the extremist right-wing British National Party to help launch an anti-racism campaign.  Dozens of far-right activists calling themselves the Pro-Democracy League were involved in a tense stand-off with event organisers. Rival groups jostled for space and traded insults, but there were no arrests.    This was just before the june elections.