Beard Liberation Front
10th November
Media Release: contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Tory MP excluded from Parliamentary Beard of the Year vote for third year running
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that Tory MP Jonathan Gullis has been excluded from the shortlist for Parliamentary Beard of the Year 2023.
The shortlist will be unveiled later in November with the winner announced on 15th December.
The campaigners say that comments by Mr Gullis where he revealed details of hotels where asylum seekers were being housed, placed people at risk and might be seen as bringing the hirsute into disrepute.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Jonathan Gullis has a decent beard but the annual Parliamentary Beard of the Year Award is about MPs who present the hirsute in the public eye in a positive way. Here we feel Gullis doesn’t meet the criteria.
Leave a Reply