Pitchfork: Blur Drummer Rowntree Running for Office in London

Blur Drummer Rowntree Running for Office in London
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London, as Damon Albarn once wrote, loves the way you just don't stand a chance. Blur drummer Dave Rowntree would like very much to prove that adage wrong, as according to NME, he'll run as a Labour Party candidate for the local council election in his Marylebone, Westminster, London district.

Located in central London, Marylebone is long considered a conservative Tory party stronghold, which may prove an added challenge to the liberal-leaning Rowntree. Not only that, but according to Wikipedia's list of Marylebone's famous residents, Noel Gallagher resides in the area, so that's at least one sure vote in the other direction.

As Rowntree said in a recent interview,"I think there are a lot of people quite angry with how the Tories are running Westminster, and I think somebody needs to take a stand, somebody needs to act as a rallying point for the disaffected people, and input their point of view." Sounds noble enough, innit?

Marylebone residents will cast their votes May 3.