Protest group failed by daddy militants

Its the end for the Fathers 4 Justice protest group. The movement set up three years ago to highlight the legal problems faced by fathers in gaining access to their children has finally been closed by its founder

The movement's objectives have been hijacked by extremist elements in the group which wanted more aggressive ways of highlighting their concerns. This culminated in the plans to kidnap Tony Blair's five-year-old son Leo just before Christmas.

Unfortunately for these radicals, the police had been listening to their plans and managed to ward of any such attempts.

The Sun today has more details of the plan:

Special Branch officers called at the lunatics’ homes the day after they
(four men) were seen discussing the snatch while dressed in Santa Claus
outfits.

They were told to abandon the plan — or risk death by a police marksman’s
bullet.

The plotters — two of whom have criminal records for violence — hatched
their scheme to abduct Tony Blair’s five-year-old son on December 9.

They went to a seedy London pub after a Fathers 4 Justice demo in which
bell-ringing marchers dressed as Santas.

But unknown to them, police alarmed at growing calls for “direct
action” were investigating extreme elements of the group.

And last words of the F4J founder Matt O’Connor:

"These idiots have undermined the good work men and women have done under
our name to generate and stimulate debate on the way fathers are unfairly judged
in this country."

"There may be a repeat of these sorts of antics and it would do serious
damage to the debate and what we have achieved," he said.

"My view is that fathers are not ready for the changes we want to see
in this country. They are part of the problem, not the solution, and they are
perverting the cause.

And his conclusion?

Mothers were simply more mature than fathers.

Well said. Finally an end to a movement whose aim to highlight the plights of its members have been overshadowed by the members themselves. How sad.

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