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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p004968c/Drive_with_Ben_Prater_11_09_2009/
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Dear Mr. Berry,

Many thanks for your time and allowing me to attend your surgery with Mr. Skinner on Thursday.


You stated on BBC Bristol radio that you would not advocate a 50/50 split on the basis of it needs to be in the "best interests of the child".

I am very disappointed with your stance as you told us at the end of our meeting that it "was only fair that Dad should have 50/50 contact, as a starting point". Without being cynical, are you telling us one thing and preaching another???


What I tried to explain to you was, that if there was equality and an equal parity of rights, then the majority of the 100,000 new cases per year would not come to court. In the minimal cases of "bad parents", then we have a system in place, which is called the Social Services, which act in the best interests of the child.

Your stance is "presumptive", that is to say, if the father had 50/50 then this would not be in the best interests of the child. In law and other equality rights legislation, there has been no "presumptive stance". For example, we give black people equal rights in this country, but we dont presume that they are more likely to get involved in gun/knife crime than white men do we?? The fact is they are more likely than white men...so on that basis, do you think it would be politically correct to revoke their equality rights??

The minimal "bad parent" cases are minimal amongst the dearth of contact cases that go on each year. In fact, the "bad parents" is equally split between Mums and Dads. Recent Domestic violence stats show that the reported cases are equal between men and women and that a woman is 7 times more likely to report an incident than a man. (On that basis, it might be that Mum is the main culprit of DV)

The recent independent UNICEF and OECD reports as well as Iain Duncan Smiths "Breakdown Britain report" demonstrate that a family unit is best for children or where broken, for the child to see BOTH PARENTS. All the evidence says that absent fathers are more likely to give our children more likely hood of getting involved in drugs, suicide, mental health problems, disobedience, anti social behaviour etc

Labour have incentivised the family to "be apart" in the tax system. This is utter madness!!

Labour have passed the IVF and Embryology bill that legislates that the parent or "second partner" does not have to be the biological father.

New technology now going to be passed shows that there is no need for men anymore as artificial sperm has been invented.

Have we all gone mad???

This is not good old fashioned commonsense.

We are not looking for much Roger....just equality......we just want to see our kids.....that's all!!

Once again, thankyou for your time and hope that you can pass on my message to Jack Straw.

nigel ace, clevedon
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JEFFEREY ARTHUR DEREK SKINNER ALIAS BATMAN IN ROGER THE DODGER BERRY'S OFFICE, STAPLE HILL, BRISTOL






NIGEL ACE AND JEFF SKINNER OUTSIDE ROGER BERRY'S OFFICE, STAPLE HILL, BRISTOL


Two 'New Fathers 4 Justice' protesters confronted Roger Berry MP today at his Labour constituency office in Staple Hill.

The "Superdads" wanted to ask Mr. Berry why Labour have ignored the demands of fathers rights since the protests began in 2002.

Local father Jefferey Arthur Derek Skinner, 42 of Staple Hill dressesd as Batman and fellow Harriet Harman roof top protester Nigel Ace, 41 of Clevedon, decided to put Roger "The Dodger" Berry on the spot in their superhero outfits.

Jeff Skinner said "All we want is an automatic presumption of 50/50 contact as a starting point when the parents split. Dads should have the same same rights as Mum's in order to see the children. Giving us what we want will reduce the 100,000 new child contact cases that come into the courts each year in the UK" "All we want is equality....it's not a new concept is it? Remember when blacks were not allowed to sit on the bus?? our plight is quite similar but ignored" "This should not be happening in the 21st Centrury"

"Mr.Berry asked us what we wanted. I was flabbergasted as we have been saying the same thing to the labour party for seven years!! it's typical of Labour, as the electorates needs always seem to fall on deaf ears!!"

Mr. Ace said " He asked us what we wanted, but the truth be known, he knew already what we wanted, but he will sidestep, and not address a real equality and commonsense issue. The labour party suprise me as they give all ethnic minorites, gays and lesbians, foreign workers, women at work more equality and rights, but sadly Dads are marginalised by their feministic agenda. He tried to "dodge "our demands today....I wish I went as Dennis the Menace instead in order to nullify his lack of enthusiasm for our plight"

Jeff skinner said...".In fairness "the dodger" agreed with us that a 50/50 split of contact was fair and right. I just hope Harman, Primarolo agree with him and us too!!"

The two superheroes will follow this up with a similar meeting next week with Tory MP Liam Fox in Nailsea.
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