Beard Liberation Front
Media Release 17th March
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RICHARD BRANSON SLAMMED FOR BRINGING THE HIRSUTE INTO DISREPUTE
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has slammed Virgin boss Richard Branson for bringing the hirsute into disrepute.
Branson has told workers at Virgin Airlines to take 8 weeks unpaid holiday and at the same time demanded a Government bail-out for the Company of £7.5bn.
Branson himself is a man of significant wealth including the ownership of a private island.
The campaigners say that his actions are bringing the hirsute into disrepute, far from the first time this has occurred. They say however that terms like ‘Beardy Branson’ should be avoided.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Richard Branson started out as the epitome of the trendy young businessman, beard and long hair, with a record shop above a shoe outlet in Oxford St. At that time beards in business were hardly to be seen. 50 years on beards in boardrooms are commonplace but Branson is not a good role model for them.
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