Beard Liberation Front
11th August
Contact: BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Archbishop of York is not a ‘baldy’ but ‘follically challenged’
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has issued a friendly rebuke to joint Beard of the Year 2020 winner Michael Sheen for describing the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell as a ‘baldy’ on twitter. The campaigners say that a more appropriate and neutral term is ‘follically challenged’.
The reason for Michael Sheen’s tweet was a call from the Archbishop for Welsh crowds to sing God Save the Queen before sporting events as well as Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau(Land of My Fathers) the Welsh anthem.
The campaigners say that the Archbishop’s latest outburst may indicate that he is intellectually challenged but that is no reason to call him a ‘baldy’.
BLF organiser Keith Flett said, our view is that if you’ve got hair care and as the Archbishop doesn’t have any he doesn’t seem to either. However there is no reason to use incorrect terminology.
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