Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
2nd July
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett @kmflett
Campaigners say main parties have ignored the Hirsute Vote
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with the Election campaign drawing to a close the main parties have ignored the key hirsute vote.
It is estimated that around 10% of those eligible to vote are hirsute more than enough to swing the vote in many seats
The BLF is not standing candidates at the Election but is urging parties to pick up on its theme of a more beard friendly and tolerant country.
The campaigners say that it is deeply disappointing that the main parties have largely conformed to the clean shaven man in a suit stereotype that has dominated British politics since the 1950s during the campaign.
In particular the Tories have persisted with candidates such as Jonathan Gullis (Stoke on Trent North) and RIchard Holden (Basildon) who clearly bring the hirsute into disrepute.
The campaigners say that the Manifesto ranges from general statements of principle on pogonophobia, irrational prejudice against the hirsute, to specific proposals, for example on a luxury shaving tax.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, we are disappointed that the main parties have ignored the hirsute vote. It reflects the clean shaven man in a suit syndrome that remains a key turn off for many in British politics. It does of course underline the continuing importance of the work of the Beard Liberation Front
The Ten Point Beard Liberation Front Manifesto
No to Beardism and Pogonophobic prejudice against the hirsute
Equal rights for beard wearers through a Beard Equality Act
More hirsute MPs
A 20% quota for hirsute Cabinet Ministers
More hirsute public employees and monitoring of hirsuteness levels in the senior Civil Service
Promotion of positive public images of the hirsute
A statue of the last hirsute Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, to be erected in Parliament Square
OfCom to have a statutory duty to monitor Pogonophobia in the broadcast media & issue penalties for persistent transgressors
No dress codes at work, beyond a requirement for smart appearance for public facing roles
A luxury tax on the shaving industry, the proceeds to be used to promote a diverse Britain
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