Show 201 - Dave Rowntree

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4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Depending on what you're into, Dave Rowntree is either one of the most famous drummers in modern rock 'n' roll history or the Councillor for the University Ward on Norfolk County Council. The Blur drummer talks about his own political journey, from young radical via headline Glastonbury slots and number 1 singles to solving leaks. There is of course some Cool Britannia chat, about how Dave felt about it at the time, the conversations within the band about new Labour and his view of it in retrospect. Dave also explains why the happiest day of his life wasn't beating Oasis to number 1, but meeting Gordon Brown in Downing Street. Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveRowntree Find out about up-and-coming band 'Blur' here: https://www.blur.co.uk/ Order 'Politically Homeless' here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/2100000262618 Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Email the show: politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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0:00.0	As a listener to this podcast you might often fantasise about your ideal cabinet
0:04.8	who you'd have as Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor or Home Secretary
0:09.0	but if you ever had that thought but with beer. Thanks to our friends at beer
0:13.4	52 you can create your own cabinet of beers. You get a free case of eight crap
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0:30.1	your free case of eight beers and you can arrange them however you like you
0:33.4	can create a cabinet or depending on your political leanings a shadow cabinet
0:36.8	or just leave them in the cabinet and of course the joy of a beer 52 monthly
0:40.6	subscription is that you can have a reshuffle every month which would still
0:44.3	make it more stable than most of the government we have in the UK. It comes
0:47.9	with a magazine and a snack and if you don't like dark beer you can choose
0:51.2	the lie option you can pause or cancel it any time so if you want to bring
0:54.3	some stability and you don't fancy a reshuffle you can indeed lead by
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1:04.8	now.
1:15.3	Hello and welcome to the political party this episode features council around
1:19.2	tree from Norfolk County Council or as he's better known Dave Rountry the
1:23.7	drummer from Boller of course there's so many things you want to ask someone
1:27.2	who's been part of such a massive band particularly for my generation and all
1:32.2	the Brit pop stuff particularly then someone who's gone into Labour politics
1:36.1	because of the whole called Britannia and Brit pop and all the Blair stuff as
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