by our not-too-hairy correspondent
What's this, the Chief Minister sporting a splendid beard, full grown ready for National Day. Are we showing the EU brigade the kind of thing we can do, or is it a requirement to do with Schengen? Or to confuse the Frontex police setting up technical devices at the border...
We had to ask about it, after all a Chief Minister cannot grow such a splendid beard and let that pass as if nothing had happened.
No idea if our amiable approach caught him by surprise or not, but he replied: "I always grow a beard in August to give my face a rest from daily shaving. My skin takes a real battering through the rest of the year. This year, I have trimmed it twice and decided to keep it for a while longer – BUT NOT FOR GOOD!"
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