VOTE BATMAN

Click the picture to see the Fathers 4 Justice leaflet, featuring Iain Wright as "The Joker" and Jody Dunn as "Poison Ivy".

No mention of Jeremy Middleton - comments welcome on what character he should be?

Fathers 4 Justice Press Release - 23rd September 2004
'Kpow! It's Batman VS Blair in Hartlepool'

Just hours before they launch their first election campaign in the Hartlepool By-election, campaign group Fathers 4 Justice revealed last night that the Prime Minister has invited the groups North East Co-ordinator and Hartlepool Candidate Paul Watson for talks about access rights for dads.

In a letter to Mr Watson the Prime Minister said 'You are an impressive and persuasive campaigner. We acknowledge that the system isn't working and suspect our current proposals do not go far enough for you however we are genuinely striving to resolve this issue.'

Mr Blair also said that he had read the groups 'Blueprint for Family Law in the 21st Century.'

Fathers 4 Justice launch their Hartlepool 'Fight Crime - Vote Batman'
Campaign tomorrow (Friday) morning outside Hartlepool Police Station where Jason Hatch (aka Batman), F4J Founder Matt O'Connor and Candidate Paul Watson will be linking the explosion in young offending in Hartlepool with fatherlessness.

F4J's campaign will poke fun at other candidates portraying Labour's
candidate Iain Wright as 'The Joker' and the Lib Dem's Jody Dunn who is a Family Law Barrister, as 'Poison Ivy' in light of the bitterness of some of her poetry.

Said Matt O'Connor 'Our aim in Hartlepool is to dabble in politics and see what happens. We will bring humour, theatre and controversy to a pretty stale campaign. If F4J can spice things up a bit that has to be good for the democratic process.'