Tuesday 20 February 2007

Jason thinks big over protests


Jason Hatch has revealed that Fathers 4 Justice could target major international airports and High Court judges.The 34-year-old says the fathers' rights group is back on track and ready for new challenges.

The activist, who was the brains behind stunts which included scaling Buckingham Palace and Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge dressed as superheroes, says membership is growing.
At a meeting in Bristol, some of the major players in F4J, including founder Matt O'Connor, spoke to new recruits about getting the campaign back on track.

Jason says the organisation has become much more structured since it began.
He said: "We just had to follow our noses back then - we didn't know what we were doing.
"Now we will be making sure we will train new recruits.

"We have training programmes in place about how to carry out the stunts."
Recent F4J demonstrations have included mounting Stonehenge.

But Jason, who used his Cheltenham home as the base for several high-profile stunts, says he will not be getting involved with anything small-scale.

"I'm not interested in doing little things and ending up before magistrates somewhere," he said.
"I've learnt my lesson where that's concerned.

"I'm looking at doing major stunts that get attention from the national and international media."
Jason, who now lives in Wiltshire, has earmarked major motorways and airports as possible targets.

He said: "If we can get intothe airports, we can cause real chaos.
"That's what it's all about - getting ourselves back on the agenda.
"We also want to target the judges - it's they who make the decisions."