A FATHERS’ rights protestor is due to publicly burn her census form in Andover to highlight, what she sees as, a failure by the Government to recognise families in the recent review of the family courts.
To highlight her action, 39-year-old Nadine O’Connor, who lives in Andover, says she will ignite the form in full view of cabinet minister Sir George Young’s office.
Nadine, the campaign manager for the Fathers 4 Justice organisation, met Sir George at the House of Commons in March, but says the burning of the form is a fitting protest.
She said: “It is a barely- known fact this government does not recognise the right in law for parents to see their children.
“If the government doesn’t recognise me and the parents I represent, it doesn’t recognise us as a citizen so I won’t be counted.
“I am willing to go to court and face the maximum fine over this year’s Census in order to raise awareness of the fundamental basic human rights to be a parent and to have a family life.”
The campaigners say that, before the election, Sir George and the Conservative Party’s position on the Census was that it was ‘increasingly invasive and intrusive... [and] will erode public support, cost more and result in a less accurate survey’.
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