Beard Liberation Front
PRESS RELEASE 18th December
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BEARD LIBERATION FRONT SAYS LABOUR MUST NOT RULE OUT FUTURE LEADER WITH A BEARD
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, which campaigns against irrational prejudice against the hirsute, has said that Labour must not rule out a future leader with a beard despite the failure of Jeremy Corbyn’s efforts to bring the politics of beard power to 10 Downing St last Thursday.
Had he won on Thursday Jeremy Corbyn would have become Britain’s first Prime Minister with a beard since the Tory PM Lord Salisbury in 1902.
The campaigners say that Labour must be careful to combat any suggestion of pogonophobia amongst its supporters and needs to check if having a hirsute leader played any part in the Party’s defeat.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, there is a desire for diversity when it comes to selecting a Labour leader particularly when one looks at the clean shaven Old Etonian who leads the Tories. While that could mean a female or BAME leader it should not exclude candidates with beards either.
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