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‘Batman,’ buddies protest for divorced dads

A fathers’ rights group that has already pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair and scaled Buckingham Palace staged a “superhero” protest near Blair’s Downing Street home on Monday.
Members of Fathers 4 Justice climbed onto a ledge at Britain's Foreign Office on Monday, dressed as Captain America, Robin and Batman.
Members of Fathers 4 Justice climbed onto a ledge at Britain's Foreign Office on Monday, dressed as Captain America, Robin and Batman.Adam Butler / AP
/ Source: Reuters

A fathers’ rights group that has already pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair and scaled Buckingham Palace staged a “superhero” protest near Blair’s Downing Street home on Monday.

Dressed as Batman, Robin and Captain America, three men used a ladder to climb up the Foreign Office building onto a narrow ledge about 30 feet up on the corner of Downing Street. They did not breach security.

They unfurled a banner referring to Blair's Labour Party government that said: “Access denied. Don’t let Labour stop you being a Superdad” as a crowd gathered below and police tried to talk them down.

The Fathers 4 Justice group is campaigning for better treatment by the courts for divorced fathers — specifically in visitation rights to their children.