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19^th June

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French PM’s gravitas adding beard shows Boris Johnson how COVID-19 could have been handled

The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s beard, praised for adding gravitas to his pronouncements, shows perpetually clean-shaven Boris Johnson one way in which he could have addressed the shambles of his handling of COVID-19.

Philippe’s beard has a distinctive white patch due to a medical condition, which however he has stated is not of a serious nature in his respect.

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, As the Guardian report indicates the French PM’s beard has added an element of gravitas and reassurance to his handling of the current crisis. This is something that the French President Emmanuel Macron, as clean shaven as Boris Johnson, has lacked. Ahead of National Beard Week on 22^nd June Edouard Philippe is a good example of the positive public image hirsuteness can bring, even if some of his policies remain contested.

Report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/19/how-french-pms-beard-became-symbol-of-coronavirus-crisis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other