Beard Liberation Front
press release 14th September
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Beard Friendly Party Conference 2019: Can Liberal Democrats win for first time since 2014
Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert, former winner of the Parliamentary Beard of the Year poll
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with the Party Conference season underway as the Liberal Democrats meet in Bournemouth this weekend the battle has been well and truly joined again in the poll for the ‘Most Beard Friendly Party Conference’.
The LibDems are the traditional party of beard and sandal wearers but their conference last won the Beard Friendly title in 2014
The BLF has observers watching each of the main conferences, LibDems in Bournemouth, Labour in Brighton and the Tories in Manchester with the winner announced on October 2nd the final day of the Tory conference.
The title looks set to be Labour’s to lose again with its first bearded leader since Keir Hardie stood down in 1908, as Jeremy Corbyn marks the 4th anniversary of his election as leader.
There is an on-line poll which closes on 2nd October.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett underlined, it looks like the title of Most Beard Friendly Conference is Labour’s to lose again this year. The Tories in Manchester could yet surprise us, particularly if Johnson grows a prorogation beard, but it would a major shift in political style and appearance from recent conferences
Recent winners of the Beard Friendly Party Conference
2013 Liberal Democrats
2014: Liberal Democrats
2015 Labour
2016 Labour
2017 Labour
2018 Labour
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