Beard Liberation Front
17th January
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that Tory MP Jonathan Gullis and GBNews presenter Neil Oliver have been excluded from the Beard of Winter shortlist 2024.
The shortlist will be announced later this week, followed by a vote with the winner announced at the end of January.
The shortlist focuses on organic beards suitable for winter weather, although not exclusively so.
As usual the BLF reviews the profile of beard wearers who have been in the public eye in the weeks and months before the shortlist is announced.
Both Gullis and Oliver have organic beards and a public profile that would qualify them for the shortlist but on this occasion both have been excluded because of a high probablity that would bring the hirsute into disrepute.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, the focus of the quarterly seasonal beard awards remains beard wearers with a positive public image. It is clearly a matter of judgement but we dont think Jonathan Gullis and Neil Oliver meet that criteria.
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