Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
18th July
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Beard Liberation Front very concerned about departure from Guardian of cartoonist Steve Bell
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that it is very concerned that veteran cartoonist Steve Bell is to leave the paper when his contract expires in 2021.
The campaigners say that Bell drew the original logo for the Beard Liberation Front in the 1990s and his departure from the paper suggests that pogonophobic views may be held at senior levels at Kings Place.
Bell has said that the decision relates to budget cuts while the Guardian appear to be claiming it isn’t.
The campaigners say the paper urgently needs to clarify the reasons for its decision.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, for many Steve Bell is The Guardian. I’m not sure what the Editor is thinking here but its time for a re-think
Appalling. Mr Bell is the (luxuriously bearded) Hogarth of the modern age.