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Bobby Smith (born February 1982) is a British political and fathers' rights activist. He is the founder and leader of the Give Me Back Elmo party which he set up to seek to change the law in family courts after his own experiences. Political activity Smith stood in the Witney constituency for the Give Me Back Elmo Party in the 2015 general election. He and the party received media coverage as Smith and two other members of the party waited with placards to greet the Prime Minister, David Cameron, at the polling station where he cast his vote on election day (7 May 2015), and Smith appeared while dressed as Elmo at the vote count in numerous photos with the Prime Minister and behind him on the stage. Smith ultimately finished tenth of twelve candidates, with 37 votes (0.1%). Smith stood in the Chells ward at the 2016 Stevenage Borough Council election, receiving 23 votes and finishing in last place in a field of six candidates. After the death of Harry Harpham MP, Smith was a candidate in the 2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, receiving 58 votes (0.2%) and finishing in last place in a field of seven candidates. After the resignation of Sadiq Khan MP, Smith stood in the 2016 Tooting by-election and received nine votes, finishing second-last of fourteen candidates. He received just three votes, finishing last out of thirteen candidates, in the general election in June 2017, standing in the Maidenhead constituency, where Prime Minister Theresa May was re-elected. After the recall of Fiona Onasanya MP, Smith was an unaffiliated candidate in the 2019 Peterborough by-election, receiving five votes (0.01%) and again coming last, this time out of fifteen candidates. He stood against the Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2019 General Election as an Independent, receiving eight votes and finishing eleventh of twelve candidates. Activism In August 2014, Smith camped outside the holiday home of Prime Minister David Cameron, in Daymer Bay, Cornwall. Smith was briefly arrested after using a megaphone in an attempt to speak to Cameron the previous day. In September 2014, Smith and fellow activist Carol Wheeler protested outside the home of Charles Walker, the MP for Broxbourne. Smith said, "My children are growing up without a father, I want a review of my case, or for someone to bring it up for debate – to give fathers equal rights, ending secrecy in Family Courts and judgements on balance of probability." Walker spoke of the protest in Parliament as a point of order, saying, "I recognise the right to protest, but the use of a loud-hailer made it almost impossible to hold a conversation with those visiting my surgeries." In November 2014, Smith, accompanied by Wheeler, covered the A Real Birmingham Family statue with a white sheet and pictures of his own two daughters in protest at no father being included in the statue. Smith said "They've depicted the normal family with no fathers. There's nothing wrong with single mothers, but this statue is saying one person can do both jobs, and I believe kids are always better off with both parents in their lives." The director of the Ikon Gallery, Jonathan Watkins, said of Smith's protest after meeting with him, "We had a good exchange of ideas, he has his take on things, and I have my take on things. I think it's great that somebody has the freedom to express themselves. It's all good, it's part of this democratic society that we cherish." In December 2014, Smith, along with other protesters from New Fathers 4 Justice, carried out a protest at the Witney constituency home of Prime Minister David Cameron, that resulted in Smith and the other protesters being issued with an harassment order. In a video taken by the protesters, Cameron told the group, "I really think you've made your point and you can go now. You are frightening my children and the neighbours and that's not fair." Smith said, "We have been protesting within the law, we haven’t been using a loud hailer and were within our rights to be there" and "I’m not going to give up". In February and March 2015, Smith carried out several protests alone and with others aimed at longserving Labour MP Harriet Harman and the Labour pink bus campaign. Starting in Stevenage at the launch of the campaign, Smith first confronted Harman in Asda and then again later in the day whilst wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan "This is what a victim of feminism looks like". Smith said, "You're dividing up men and women ... you're making it them versus us. Are you thinking of getting blue van?" Smith also confronted Harman in Croydon, Cambridge and Gloucester where Smith said, "Fathers in this country falsely accused of domestic violence are lower down the scale when it comes to rights than a convicted paedophile. I haven't seen my children for four years. I have tried everything else so I have to protest like this." When asked whether she would take the time to listen to Smith's story, Harman said: "I have talked to fathers' groups over the years and I know what they are protesting about. He [Smith] is protesting about his own family situation and that is not something that should be decided by politics. That is something for the family court." In March 2015, after asking Labour leader Ed Miliband a question at a question-and-answer session in Rotherhithe, Smith along with other New Fathers 4 Justice protesters were involved in an altercation outside. It was originally alleged that Miliband was "punched and shoved". New Fathers 4 Justice later released a video showing Miliband getting in the car unimpeded and smiling throughout. Smith told BuzzFeed News: "We were there because he didn’t answer my question on shared parenting. I think as long as you don’t block his path and he’s not scared, it’s OK to raise your voice and be heard." On Father's Day 2015, Smith and another protester climbed Westminster Abbey and unfurled banners to highlight fathers' rights. In October 2015, Smith climbed onto the roof of the home of Chris Grayling, the leader of the House of Commons. On 30 November 2015, Smith climbed onto the roof of the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace along with fellow campaigner Martin Mathews and remained on the roof for several hours before giving themselves up. References. Discover the Bobby Smith popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Bobby Smith books.
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Winning the War Against ISIS
Bobby Everett SmithISIS (or ISIL) conducts successful military attacks in Syria, Iraq and Libya. They conduct and inspire terror attacks in Paris, Brussels, and San Bernardino. Beheading, slaughter, ...
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Benghazi, The Politics
Bobby Everett SmithIn the Senate Select Committee report on the Benghazi attack, Democratic Senator and Chairman Dianne Feinstein concluded: “The committee worked, on a bipartisan basis, to investiga...
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Lida Murry Smith
Bobby Everett SmithMy grandparents moved from Missouri to Texas in 1905 in covered wagons. Lida and Andrew J Smith, two boys and eight girls, the youngest, 6 and the oldest, 22. They sold their farm ...
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Kill the Indian
Johnny D. Boggs“Boggs is among the best Western writers at work today. He writes with depth, flavor, and color.” BooklistYoung Comanches Daniel Killstraight and Charles Flint have been called to ...
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The Wright Stuff
Rick GlanvillIan Wright is one of the English game's great football heroes. He is an England international and the leading marksman and trophywinner for Arsenal. Yet he also regularly collects ...
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10th Street Baptist
Bobby Everett Smith10th Street BaptistAs late as 1957, Jim Crowe segregation laws were dominant in the Southern States of the United States. People with colored skin were required to attend separate ...
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A Scottish Football Hall of Fame
John CairneyThose who have been football supporters all their lives can never forget the first match they ever saw, although they might not recall the result. This is because it is the players...
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Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room
Jim SumnerThe Duke Blue Devils have a long and glorious history of success, and that history comes alive in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Duke Blue Devils Locker Room. The Blu...
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Marriage Bobby Glen Smith and Betty
Southern District, Division Two Court of Appeals of MissouriAppellant contends that the trial court erred in awarding a certificate of deposit and a residence to Respondent as her separate property. He states that the record establishes tha...
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WestPac
Bobby Everett SmithThis is my true autobiography but fictionalized to protect the privacy of my navy friends and their families. In 1957 when I got my Navy wings, I was ordered to All Weather Attack ...
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Job Search 65
Bobby Everett SmithIf you are 65 or even older, you can still get a good job if you want to work. Following these guidelines is your best bet. It might not be at the same pay you made in the past, bu...
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Saying It Loud
Mark WhitakerMark Whitaker “writes with the eye of a journalist and ear of a poet” (The Boston Globe) to tell the story of the momentous year that redefined the civil rights movement as a new s...
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New York Rangers by the Numbers
Mark Rosenman, Howie Karpin & Albert KennyWhat do Alexi Kovalev, Ted Irvine, and Mike Rogers all have in common? They all wore number 27 for the New York Rangers. Current team captain Ryan McDonagh joined their ranks when ...
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The Red Smith Reader
Dave Anderson & Terence SmithAwarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976, Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith is considered one of the greatest sportswriters ever to live. Put alongside Ring Lardner, Red Smith was beloved by ...
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Modern Democrats
Bobby Everett SmithModern Democrats from FDR in 1933 to Donald S. Trump in the present includes summaries of the seven democratic presidents since 1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. K...
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Wayward
Vashti Bunyan'Magical and transporting . . . Wayward proves that Bunyan has lived the best possible life, on her own idiosyncratic terms'Maggie O'Farrell'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and ...
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Settle Down Making Money in Retirement and Loving It
Bobby Everett SmithLast summer I celebrated my 80th birthday. That puts me about half way through my retirement years. It costs a lot to make it through retirement with dignity. I am estimating $1.75...
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What Truth Sounds Like
Michael Eric DysonNamed a 2018 Notable Work of Nonfiction by The Washington Post NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner, The 2018 Southern Book Prize NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: ...
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Write, Publish, Market eBooks, Second Edition
Bobby Everett SmithThis second edition of Write, Publish, and Market eBooks is a major amplification of the information I offered in the first edition. This new version provides all the information y...
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Navy Wings
Bobby Everett SmithThis story tells about the dangers that young pilots face in their training to become professional pilots flying off carriers in pursuit of our strategy for national defense.”Coura...
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Press Box Revolution
Rich CoutinhoPress Box Revolution is a journey through the evolution of reporting in New York and around the nation by a reporter who has witnessed every second of it in the past three decades....
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Blue February
Bobby Everett SmithMany people do not realize how much sacrifice our military members dedicate to protect America from our enemies. This is just as true today as it was in 1958 when I was a lieutenan...
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Tourists International
Bobby Everett SmithTom Murry said goodbye to Momma Kemp at the brothel in La Grange, Texas just down the road from the University of Texas in Austin. He drove with friends back to his room on campus....
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Under the Radar and a Collection of Other Short Stories
Bobby Everett SmithThese stories are fiction but they are based on my autobiography when I was a pilot in the Navy back in the 1950’s. I have changed the names to protect the privacy of the character...
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Write, Publish and Market E-Books
Bobby Everett SmithI recently read that over 80% of people in the U. S. want to write a book but most of them don’t do it. I was one of those, but I finally decided to sit down and write, publish, an...
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Hammers Heaven and Hell
Kirk BlowsLittle did anybody anticipate that West Ham's playoff final victory against Preston in 2005 would provide the launch pad for one of their most successful seasons ever, with the clu...
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How Life Imitates Sports
Ira BerkowMemorable Stories From a Half Century of Sports Journalism For the last half century, Pulitzer Prize–winning sportswriter Ira Berkow has been at the center of some of the most memo...
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The Man in White
Bobby Everett SmithBobby Smith grew up in North Texas. He had planned to go to Rice Institute since the seventh grade. It was the number one school in Texas and in those days everyone attending was o...
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Facing Michael Jordan
Sean Deveney & Kent McDillRelive the magic of the greatest player to ever step on the court.“Air Jordan,” “His Airness,” “MJ.”Whatever you call him, Michael Jeffrey Jordan can be considered one of the great...
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Game of My Life New York Rangers
John Halligan & John KreiserFamous games and players have been the hallmark of the New York Rangers from their NHL debut in 1926 to the present day. From Frank Boucher and the original Blueshirts to Jaromir J...
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Access All Areas
Barbara CharoneFirst as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, firsthand, the changes in the cultural landscape. Ac...
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Modern Republicans, A Study Guide
Bobby Everett SmithModern Republicans from Eisenhower in 1953 to Donald S. Trump in the present includes summaries of the seven Republican presidents since 1953: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, ...
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The Best Golf Stories Ever Told
Julie Ganz & Tripp BowdenThis book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf. Some of the best golfers in the history of the sport as well as th...