Any Londoners here? Who will you be voting for?
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Evening Standard – Wednesday 9 January 2008
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...ace/article.do
Fathers 4 Justice founder to enter Mayoral race with focus on breakdown of families
The founder of direct action group Fathers 4 Justice is planning to enter the London Mayoral race.
Matt O’Connor, who orchestrated stunts such as the powder-bombing of Tony Blair in the Commons, has vowed to bring “theatre and drama” to the campaign.
He plans to focus on the breakdown of families, which he believes is behind the huge number of teenage murders in London – 27 last year and two already this year. “one in two black children grows up without a father. One in four children grows up without a father. In London it’s a real issue”, said Mr O’Connor; 40, a father of three.
“We need to tackle crime and we need to tackle young offending. The role of fathers is absolutely integral to solving this problem.”
Fathers 4 Justice was founded to highlight the difficulty many estranged fathers have in gaining legal access to their children but its publicity stunts have caused controversy.
Mr O’Connor almost committed suicide in 2001 when he considered jumping off Waterloo Bridge after being barred from seeing his two sons from his first marriage.
He expects to launch his campaign on 14 February and stand for the English Democrats, who campaign for an English parliament because they believe that England loses out to Scotland in terms of public funding. -
Boris.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
He's a total muppet, but I would vote for Joey Barton ahead of Ken Livingstone. That madman must be stopped.Comment
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They are all mad.Originally posted by scaramanga View Post
I will vote for the one that annoys the current government the most."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Which madman? Barton or Livingstone?Originally posted by scaramanga View PostRule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
I preferred version 1!Comment
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Boris has my vote - he's as mad as a box of frogs, but I like his irreverent, foppish tomfoolery - and anyone other than Red Ken with a bit of character is just what London needs.Comment
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Depends on the poll predictions.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
I may as well vote for the madman who is going to get in."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Who's Joey Barton. I think I'll vote for him.Originally posted by scaramanga View Post
Or is he, er she, a her?Comment
Me too!
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