I can reveal – exclusively – the results of thrilling research that shows an overwhelmingly strong link between Beards in political life and the quality of political debate.

Alix Mortimer explains:

“In 1909, beards were almost synonymous with politicians – and typically the average politician used a vocabulary of over 10,000 words in their communications with the electorate.

100 years later, the beards are gone and the typical vocabulary of a beardless cabinet minister is down to about 10 words, including, “clearly”, “wasn’t” and “me” being the most commonly used words.

This strong correlation proves conclusively that quality of political debate is directly proportional to the amount of facial hair worn by our leaders.

Only a full blooded campaign by bloggers will help restore a FULL BEARDED PARLIAMENT at once. Let’s face it, someone on the blogosphere needs to concentrate on what really matters in politics: Beards.