Beard Liberation Front
8th October
Media Release
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
Cleverly on course to be only the second Tory leader with a beard since 1834
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with James Cleverly now leading the race to become the next Tory leader, he could be set to be only the second politician with a beard to fill the role since the formation of the modern Tory Party in 1834.
The other hirsute Tory leader was Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, who was also the last Prime Minister of any Party with a beard. He stepped down in July 1902.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, of course there have been times in the last years when we felt James Cleverly came close to bringing the hirsute into disrepute. However it remains the case that there is lack of facial hair at the top of British politics and Cleverly’s progress is welcome in that respect.
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