[Sussex] Blur drummer Dave Rowntree to stand as Labour candidate for Mid Sussex

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Presumably some of you will be voting for him!?

Don't know too much about him or his views, but I like his music and for that reason I'm IN (and the fact he's not an austerity promoting, brown paper bag passing, privatization pushing, big business backing, social safety net slashing, public sector squeezing, brexit bequeathing THUNDERCÜNT!)

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree selected as Labour candidate for general election

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

www.theguardian.com

 

dejavuatbtn

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Will he become Labour’s magic whip?

 

GT49er

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So, it's voting for musicians whose work appeals to your values now, eh? Who would you like standing in your constituency? - John Lydon? The Levellers? Richard Thompson? Billy Bragg?
What about for POTUS? Bruce Springsteen? Bob Dylan? Dolly Parton?

..........................of course, if whoever recorded The Birdie Song were to stand .......................

 

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Nothing but respect for MY next MP

 

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GT49er said:

So, it's voting for musicians whose work appeals to your values now, eh? Who would you like standing in your constituency? - John Lydon? The Levellers? Richard Thompson? Billy Bragg?
What about for POTUS? Bruce Springsteen? Bob Dylan? Dolly Parton?

..........................of course, if whoever recorded The Birdie Song were to stand .......................

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Ozzie Osborne might be interesting?

 

The Wookiee

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“Dave Rowntree will stand in Mid Sussex, the party announced on Wednesday evening. The constituency includes Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and the Mid Sussex villages.”

So does that mean he will he be living in a house, a very big house in the country ?

 

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Sirnormangall said:

Ozzie Osborne might be interesting?

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.....or Cliff Richard.......

 

Thunder Bolt

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GT49er said:

So, it's voting for musicians whose work appeals to your values now, eh? Who would you like standing in your constituency? - John Lydon? The Levellers? Richard Thompson? Billy Bragg?
What about for POTUS? Bruce Springsteen? Bob Dylan? Dolly Parton?

..........................of course, if whoever recorded The Birdie Song were to stand .......................

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Dolly Parton would make a great President. She has a heart of gold.

 

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The Wookiee said:

“Dave Rowntree will stand in Mid Sussex, the party announced on Wednesday evening. The constituency includes Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and the Mid Sussex villages.”

So does that mean he will he be living in a house, a very big house in the country ?

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Given the state of the polls, it really really really could happen

 

GT49er

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GT49er said:

.....or Cliff Richard.......

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Thunder Bolt said:

Dolly Parton would make a great President. She has a heart of gold.

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........................................ and a coat of many colours.





..... and Heart of Gold was Neil Young!

 

Pevenseagull

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The lib dem candidate for Hove at the last GE
used to play bass for The Wedding Present.



Anyway, people of Mid Sussex, vote Dave


There's No Other Way.

 

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GT49er said:

So, it's voting for musicians whose work appeals to your values now, eh? Who would you like standing in your constituency? - John Lydon? The Levellers? Richard Thompson? Billy Bragg?
What about for POTUS? Bruce Springsteen? Bob Dylan? Dolly Parton?

..........................of course, if whoever recorded The Birdie Song were to stand .......................

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N, N, N, Y,
Y, N, N

 

Pevenseagull

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If he wins Tory HQ will think, 'This is a low'.

 

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Sirnormangall said:

Ozzie Osborne might be interesting?

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He'd fail the obligatory drug test.

Anyway, I doubt he's labour. So he'd lose.

 

GT49er

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

N, N, N, Y,
Y, N, N

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?NYY
NNY!

 

GT49er

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

He'd fail the obligatory drug test.

Anyway, I doubt he's labour. So he'd lose.

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Well, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be one of the Limp Dems!

 

BrianB

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He'll have to beat his drum loudly, the general consensus is Lib Dem here at the moment...

Tactical voting in Mid Sussex

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Pevenseagull

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BrianB said:

He'll have to beat his drum loudly, the general consensus is Lib Dem here at the moment...

Tactical voting in Mid Sussex

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The constuency has been carved up. Don't have a clue to what end that will effect things.

The sitting Tory is moving to the other one that is formed from the gerrymandering stuff. (Cynical).

Who knows, probably split the vote with the Lin Dems and let the Tories in.


Oh well.

 

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GT49er said:

........................................ and a coat of many colours.





..... and Heart of Gold was Neil Young!

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Neil was searching for a heart of gold and Dolly seems to have one

 

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Presumably some of you will be voting for him!?

Don't know too much about him or his views, but I like his music and for that reason I'm IN (and the fact he's not an austerity promoting, brown paper bag passing, privatization pushing, big business backing, social safety net slashing, public sector squeezing, brexit bequeathing THUNDERCÜNT!)

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree selected as Labour candidate for general election

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

www.theguardian.com

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If he supports the Labour front bench, which I think he does, then he will be all those things