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'Superheroes' call for equality
WOULD-BE superheroes Captain Cash (left) and Captain Equality, members of New Fathers 4 Justice, had to resort to a megaphone to get their message across outside Richard Huish College on Monday.
The captains - aka Mark Harris and Wellington’s Neil Richardson - were at the college to speak to Vince Cable, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, about fathers’ rights in custody disputes.
Mr Cable, who was in town to support election candidate Jeremy Browne, accepted a copy of Mr Harris’ book, Family Court Hell, but declined a request for a chat.
Mr Richardson is a keen campaigner and recently confronted Conservative leader David Cameron on the issue.
NOTE: New Fathers 4 Justice are not associated with, or affiliated to, Fathers 4 Justice.
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Monday, 12 April 2010
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DENNIS the Menace, Bananaman and Captain Equality were among the superheroes who travelled through Oxfordshire as part of a New Fathers for Justice demonstration.
About 40 fathers – and some mothers – from across the country gathered in the centre of Oxford on Saturday.
The group travelled the streets in two battle buses before heading to Witney to Conservative Party leader David Cameron’s constituency off-ice, where they met Henry Bellingham, Conservative shadow spokesman for justice, who spoke to them for 30 minutes.
The protesters also held placards and brandished David Cameron masks.
New Fathers for Justice national co-ordinator Nigel Ace, from Bristol, who was dressed as Captain Equality, hailed the event as a success.
He said: “We had a lot of people coming up to us and saying they are all facing these problems, so we had a good response.
“It got a bit hot under these suits but it was worth it.”
New Fathers for Justice campaigns for fathers to have more equal access to their children following family breakdown. Members have staged a number of high profile protests in Oxfordshire.
In November, campaigners dressed
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Friday, 2 April 2010
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Fathers campaigner quizzes Cameron
A CAMPAIGNER from Clevedon questioned Conservative Party leader David Cameron when he hosted a question and answer session at a Bristol school.
Nigel Ace, pictured, from New Fathers 4 Justice, asked Mr Cameron if he would give dads a 50/50 contact in cases of separation and divorce.
Mr Cameron said: "If it gets to court, you have to allow the court to make a decision. What I hope is that fewer cases will have to go to court. We need more family mediation, more agreements."
Speaking after the session, Mr Ace said that he hopes that if Mr Cameron becomes Prime Minister, he will reconsider his answer.
Mr Ace said: "Hope gets you nowhere.
"How will 'hope' make a change?
That is I'm afraid a feeble answer and one which surprises me.
"With regard to mediation, this only works if both parties are wishing to work together. It is futile otherwise.
"I have to admit that I was hopeful of change from Mr Cameron but now I'm not."
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Sunday, 14 March 2010
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"Batman and Robin" target Willow Man
4:15pm Sunday 14th March 2010
A GROUP of fathers’ rights campaigners, including men dressed as Batman and Robin, descended on the Willow Man near Bridgwater this afternoon.
The group, who say they were part of the New Fathers 4 Justice group, arrived at the iconic statue off the M5 motorway at around 2pm today.
The campaigners, who say they want greater rights for fathers to see their children, attempted to peg a 10ft St George’s flag near the Willow Man with the words Vote English written on it, a reference to their support for the English Democrats political party. A spokesman for the group said the man dressed as Batman left the scene after a traffic officer arrived but it was not known what had happened to the man dressed as Robin.
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"Sorry Sir!!! New F4J have taken over the bridge"
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THE BURNING ISSUE FOR FATHERS GROUP: OXFORD MAIL. A selection of superheroes yesterday staged two protests in Oxfordshire in a bid to gain more rights for fathers. The New Fathers for Justice campaigners demonstrated in Oxford and Witney. The group began protesting at Oxford Combined Court Centre at about 8am. At least one protester tried unsuccessfully to scale the side of the St Aldate’s building. The campaigners later gathered outside David Cameron MP’s office in Witney at about 2pm. They brandished an effigy of Gordon Brown, but were stopped from burning it by police. Jason Sands, 36, of East Sussex, said: “We are trying to get a message across to David Cameron that we want him to support us. This Labour Government has done nothing to help us. Fathers for Justice has got smaller but we are still here.”
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Friday, 16 October 2009
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Two New Fathers 4 Justice campaigners, Nigel Ace from Clevedon and Jeff Skinner from Staple Hill met Liam Fox MP at his surgery on Friday night in Pill.
The superhero's wanted to ask Mr. Fox for an equal parity of rights for dads to see their children and to make the 'secret' family courts 'open'.
The dads last month confronted Mr. Skinner's MP Roger 'The Dodger' Berry and got a frosty reception, however they were very heartened as Mr. Fox said that 50/50 status for dads was fair and only right.
He also agreed for the family courts to be brought in line with the crown and magistrates courts.
Nigel Ace, a protester from Harriet Harman's roof last year said "Why has it taken so long for common sense to prevail. Mr. Fox has brought common sense and a breath of fresh air into this debate".
"We can now look forward to having equal status, same as Mum's and this will stop many of the 100,000 new child contact dispute cases that come to court each year in the UK."
"Jeff and I have had over 60 court cases between us!!! Jeff fought for 8 years and me a meagre 2 1/2 years....but it looks like when the conservatives come to power, that cases like ours will be over"
"Once this happens, then we will hang up our superhero outfits and enjoy the time with our kids!!"
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Monday, 12 October 2009
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BATMAN, Superman, Captain America, and Spiderman joined forces for a protest in Southampton.
The “superheroes” from New Fathers 4 Justice hijacked the city’s old town walls near the Bargate in support of Chandler’s Ford dad Lee Moorman, 30, who is fighting for access to his child.
Motorists passing below honked their support while around half a dozen police gathered close by.
The protesters unfurled banners from the bridge over Castle Way and demanded equal rights for fathers over a megaphone.
Mr Moorman said he was having “sleepless nights” after last seeing his three-year old son in July. He said he wanted joint custody not a couple of hours access in a contact centre.
“I’ve got to go to the family courts which I’m told will be a lengthy process and cost a lot of money.”
Mr Moorman said he was planning a monthly support group in Southampton. He was joined by protester Mark Harris, 50, who said he needed 133 court hearings to win the right to see his children.
The former Shirley resident set fire to a wheelbarrow of the court papers he accumulated over his ten-year battle as a show of disgust for the “biased” family courts.
Mr Harris was one of the protesters who last year scaled the roof of deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman’s home while she and her husband were inside.
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