Blur drummer Dave Rowntree selected as Labour candidate for general election

Labour candidate will stand in Mid Sussex against Conservatives who currently hold seat

Modern Life is Rubbish, Blur once famously pronounced. Well, after the band’s drummer was selected as a Labour candidate at the next general election, they may hope to change the situation.

Dave Rowntree will stand in Mid Sussex, the party announced on Wednesday evening. The constituency covers Burgess Hill, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath and the Mid Sussex villages.