Beard Liberation Front
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
9th August
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said with Kamala Harris choosing the follicly challenged Tim Walz as her Presidential running mate the question is again posed as to whether being bald is a bar to high political office in the modern era.
The Times Diary (8th August) notes that it is rare for high ranking US politicians to be bald.
The same has applied in recent times in the UK with both William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith failing to make a successful mark as political leaders. Of course there is little conclusive evidence that this was due even in partly due to their follicle issues.
In the current Tory leadership race all of the male contenders have a good head of hair and James Cleverley has added a beard for good measure.
The BLF has in the past run a Baldies and Beardies Electoral Alliance recognising that prejudice based on appearance can be a factor in modern politics.
BLF Organiser, there hasn’t been a British Prime Minister with a beard since Lord Salisbury in 1902 and the chances of JD Vance becoming US Vice President in November look questionable. It underlines the importance of the work of the Beard Liberation Front without doubt
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