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November 06, 2009

Blur Drummer Dave Rowntree to Run for Office in the Labour Party... 'I'm one of the grunts'...

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With Blur’s summer reunion now behind him, the band’s drummer Dave Rowntree is preparing himself for what could be the biggest gig of his life.

Forget headlining Glastonbury or Hyde Park, Rowntree is now putting all his efforts into securing a seat in the House of Commons at the next UK general election. He’ll be representing the Labour Party in the Cities of London and Westminster seat, traditionally a Conservative Party stronghold.

Despite this however, in an interview with BBC London, Rowntree insisted he doesn’t consider himself to be a politician: “I am an activist, one of millions of activists up and down the country and I am campaigning in my neighbourhood for things to be better. I am one of the grunts really.”



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