Kate Winslet “Crummy Mummy” Campaign Coverage – December 2013 – January 2014
Be fair to Fathers4Justice http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/jan/05/letters-domestic-violence-law UK’s Fathers4Justice Campaigns Call Kate Winslet, Halle Berry and Katie Holmes Bad Mothers http://www.classicalite.com/articles/4923/20140104/uk-fathers4justice-campaigns-kate-winslet-halle-berry-katie-holmes.htm Last month, Winslet threatened Fathers4Justice with legal action after the group targeted her in a planned campaign that attacked her children’s living arrangements. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kate-winslet-shares-her-deep-concerns-for-miley-cyrus-god-whos-looking-after-these-people-9034155.html The comments come just weeks after the actress was publicly criticised by […]
Fatherphobia and the Everyday Sexism of Mother Superior
Let’s imagine the pre-Christmas scene at the Guardian HQ. The festive season is a particularly painful time of year for separated fathers, so wouldn’t it be good if we as a responsible, campaigning newspaper, covered their plight and the pain felt by hundreds of thousands of families this Christmas. If only. Now imagine for a […]
I Have Not Seen My Son Since Christmas Day 2008 – by Pat Lyons
Merry Christmas Everybody. Christmas can be a sad time for many, recounting the loss of a loved one during the year or at this time of the season. For many fathers the sadness may be another equally difficult situation where you cannot see your child because you are being obstructed by the other parent, be […]
Letter to Judge Markanza Cudby
I rarely comment on the institutional depravity on display in the family courts, but your barrel scraping performance as Deputy District Judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division (PRFD) yesterday demands a response. I have witnessed and heard tens of thousands of such accounts about the PRFD, but there is nothing quite like […]
Turn Anger Into Strength. Matt O’Connor Interview, Men’s Health Magazine, October 2013. Out now!
The fight that defined me. Nine extraordinary men explain how they battled through war, genocide and despair. Their message: you are built to survive and – with them in your corner – guaranteed to win. Featuring Lionel Messi, Peter Hain, Peter Sheath, Andrew Solomon, Chris Ryan, Matt O’Connor, Ben Helfgott, Tom Staniford and Floyd Mayweather […]
Wednesday 24th July 2013 – The Evening Standard: Join Royal Fathers4justice
THE EVENING STANDARD: JOIN ROYAL FATHERS4JUSTICE “DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS Hang on! Why isn’t it called Fathercare? Why isn’t it called the paternity section? So sexist. Join Royal Fathers 4 Justice.” http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/royal-baby-ones-guide-to-holding-the-royal-baby-a-manual-for-modern-fatherhood-8729530.html
14th July 2013, Daily Express – After Hay Wain attack is any artwork safe?
14/7/13 Daily Express: After Hay Wain attack is any artwork safe? Supporters of campaign group Fathers4Justice have called for an art masterpiece to be defaced every day until the law is changed to give them greater custody rights to their children. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/414650/After-Hay-Wain-attack-is-any-art-work-safe
Art Protest News Review, 13th – 16th June 2013
Why would a dad deface the Queen of England? http://goodmenproject.com/international-mens-movement/why-would-a-dad-deface-the-queen-of-england/ “Fathers4Justice have just set back dads’ rights by decades.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/fatherhood/10120963/Fathers-Day-Fathers4Justice-have-just-set-back-fathers-rights-by-decades.html Matt O’Connor’s Blog Response http://father4justice.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/fathers-day-2013-the-extremists-for-love/ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/14/fathers4justice-tim-haries-queen_n_3441137.html 15TH JUNE 2013 Daily Star: Ban for Queen Rap Dad http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/320468/Ban-for-Queen-rap-dad/ 14TH JUNE 2013 Channel 4 News: Have Fathers 4 Justice actually achieved anything? http://www.channel4.com/news/fathers-4-justice-queen-portrait-buckingham-palace BBC News: […]
Response to Allegations by Nick Langford about Fathers4Justice
Pic: Nick Langford and his son at a Fathers4Justice protest In any large, long-term campaign that embraces 40,000 plus families and has been running for nearly 15 years, there are continuing changes to personnel as people inevitably come and go as circumstances change. In the vast majority of cases, we retain excellent relationships with all our […]
Response to Allegations by Nick Langford about Fathers4Justice
Pic: Nick Langford and his son at a Fathers4Justice protest In any large, long-term campaign that embraces 40,000 plus families and has been running for nearly 15 years, there are continuing changes to personnel as people inevitably come and go as circumstances change. In the vast majority of cases, we retain excellent relationships with all our […]