F4J is now suspended following the ‘plot’ to kidnap 5 year old Leo Blair. The plot appears to be little more than pub talk following a F4j march in December. Some mentioned are ex-members of F4J. So far as I can tell only 1 remark was made (and that remark is disputed) and no-one agreed with it or followed it up. It does appear however that some members of F4J have been warned they will be shot if they participate in a protest near Downing Street.
Matt O’Connor, leader of F4J, appears again to have given up the fight because of this negative publicity. It currently looks like Matt has had enough and gone as far as he can and sees no way forward. Only this week an author who published a book saying that the Family Courts where biased was interviewed on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour (aka Feminism Forever) and was confronted with a solicitor making bland sweeping claims that everything was alright now following some recent changes in the courts. It seems likely that the task of getting Fathers Rights is going to take longer than the 3 years of Matt’s original plan. Whatever happens now everyone owes Matt a great debt, but the battle isn’t over. A new hope is needed.
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