A Caped Crusade by Matt O’Connor – Coming April 2015
Matt O’Connor’s second book about the Fathers4Justice campaign he started in 2001, is a candid account about O’Connor’s life and the behind the scenes challenges facing the campaign and his family over the last 14 years. Fearless, controversial and impossible to ignore, O’Connor describes the political wheeler-dealing that led to Fathers4Justice winning cross-party support for […]
Sunday Express Exclusive: Family separation sends parents to early grave – Matt O’Connor calls for a full investigation & a Minister for Men
THE heartbreak of family separation is sending absent parents to an early grave, figures show. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows that parents who leave their children are almost three times more likely to die early. It was unearthed by Sunday Express staff who compared the number of Child Support Agency (CSA) […]
Evening Standard: I spent £10,000 trying to see my young sons by F4J Founder Matt O’Connor
Note: In January 2002, a month after setting up Fathers4Justice, founder Matt O’Connor gave his first interview to the Evening Standard and explained why he has started the organisation. Published here for the first time online by Fathers4Justice.Judges are calling on Ministers to act over fathers who are denied access. Here, one dad, Matthew O’Connor, […]
Why fathers need to push for 50/50 Shared Parenting. By Matt O’Connor.
I have been asked 2 questions at least 5 times every week ever since I started Fathers4Justice in 2001. Do I know a good lawyer? The answer is still no. Should I ask for shared parenting? Hell, yes!In any negotiation, you have to ask for the world. You can always come down, but you can […]
Promoting injustice, inequality and abuse: The Coram Children’s Legal Centre & NSPCC
There can be few more depressing sights than a charity proclaiming to act on behalf of children, whilst doing it’s damndest to deprive them of their most basic of human rights – their right to a father. That’s been the role of Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), an organisation, supported by Cherie Blair, that appears to […]
The father of all interviews: F4J Founder Matt O’Connor chats to Peter Lloyd, author of the book every man must read, Stand by Your Manhood.
Peter, what made you write a book about the challenges facing men? I work in the media and it was clear that nobody else was writing anything about men. There were lots of great stories about men and fathers, yet I was amazed nothing was being picked up. It’s clear there is a veil drawn […]
Stand By Your Manhood: A Game-changer for Modern Men by Peter Lloyd
Stand By Your Manhood: A Game-changer for Modern Menby Peter Lloydhttps://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/stand-by-your-manhood Review by Matt O’Connor Boldy going where no responsible man has gone before, Peter Lloyd’s eye-wateringly funny tome on the ‘F-Word’ (father) and the challenges facing the modern man, is an essential stocking filler for lads and dads this Christmas. Covering everything from penoplasty to Fathers4Justice […]
The Tories betrayal of Britain’s fathers continues – By Matt O’Connor
The Parental Involvement Provision: Section 11 of the Children and Families Act 2014 has recently come into force and a few supporters have approached us about this provision thinking it infers fathers greater rights. It does not.The legislation does not mention the ‘F’ word ‘fathers’ once. It does not recognise fathers in law nor provide […]
VIDEO OF UKIP DEPUTY CHAIR SUZANNE EVANS & F4J FOUNDER MATT O’CONNOR DISCUSSING THE PARTY’S SUPPORT FOR SHARED PARENTING
30/9/14 – As Fathers4Justice continues to build a consensus of political support for Shared Parenting – from George Galloway MP, to 104 MPs in the Labour, Lib Dem & Green Parties – UKIP Deputy Chair Suzanne Evans met with Fathers4Justice Founder Matt O’Connor to discuss her party’s commitments to shared parenting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3g8Rt9eZPU
23/9/14 F4J FOUNDER MATT O’CONNOR APPEARS AT BASINGSTOKE MAGS COURT
A video report on the days events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MVdLAevfSg Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor appeared in Basingstoke Magistrates Court today (23/9/14) after he was unlawfully arrested by Hampshire Police. The incident happened shortly after Hants Police published a report upholding O’Connor’s complaint about the conduct of 3 Hants Police Officers and the involvement of Caroline Nokes MP […]
