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Beard Liberation Front

Media Release

8th August

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Michael Rosen & Karl Marx tie in Best Ever London Beard poll

The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that a poll to find the Best Ever London Beard has concluded with a tie between Karl Marx and author and broadcaster Michael Rosen.

The poll was part of the annual London Beard Week which marks the continued growth of beards in the Capital.

Michael Rosen and Karl Marx both got 23.6% of the vote, Jeremy Corbyn came third with 18.1% and W G Grace was fourth with 12.2%.

The campaigners say that there was a record vote with people choosing between well known London beard wearers from the past and those currently in the public eye.

London Beard Week is a celebration of London, now one of the most beard friendly Capital cities in the world, and of London’s great hirsute heritage from Charles Dickens to Karl Marx through to modern day beards such as England football captain Harry Kane and author and Arsenal fan Michael Rosen.

BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we can’t of course congratulate Karl Marx on his victory in person but we can send best wishes to Michael Rosen who has already been voted Beard of Summer 2020. He is an outstanding ambassador for the hirsute.

London Beard Week poll to find London’s Best Ever Beard.

The Best Ever London Beard 2020

Sigmund Freud, d Hampstead

Darcus Howe, anti-racist campaigner

Bernie Grant, Tottenham MP

Charles Dickens, author

Karl Marx, philosopher and activist

WG Grace, cricketer d Mottingham

Michael Rosen, author & broadcaster

William Morris, socialist & designer

Harry Kane, footballer b Walthamstow

William Cuffay, Leader of London Chartism

Keir Hardie, London Labour MP

Richard Thompson, singer & composer

Jeremy Corbyn, London Labour MP

Edward Lear, writer

William Booth, Salvationist