Beard Liberation Front
12th September
Campaigners mark 9 years since Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour Leader
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers welcomed the Age of the Beard when Jeremy Corbyn was first elected Labour leader on 12th September 2015
Jeremy Corbyn has won the Parliamentary Beard of the Year Award a record number of times and was the winner of the original award in 2001. While his beard may be a little more restrained these days, it has been a consistent presence on the Parliamentary benches for over 40 years and remains so after the July 4th Election despite the best efforts of clean shaven revisionist Labour to defeat him.
The campaigners say that Corbyn faced many comments about his beard and informal appearance during the Leadership campaign but his victory underlined the growing disenchantment that there was and still is with clean shaven politicians in suits
BLF organiser Keith Flett said, we hoped that Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader would herald a more Beard Friendly Britain where how people dress and appear was less important than what they say and what they do. Nine years on clean shaven reaction is back but our fight to free the follicles goes on.
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