Blur drummer Dave Rowntree selected as Labour candidate in general election | Politics News

Dave Rowntree, the drummer for Blur, will stand for Labour at the next general election.

Rowntree has been selected as the Labour candidate for the Conservative-held seat Mid Sussex.

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