Justice for Men and Boys

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Justice for Men and Boys
(and the Women Who Love Them)
Abbreviation J4MB
Leader Mike Buchanan
Founded 6 February 2013 (2013-02-06)
Ideology Pro-men's and boys' rights, anti-feminist
Website
Blog via WordPress

Justice for Men and Boys (and the Women Who Love Them) - J4MB - is a British political party which advocates for men's and boys' rights and opposes feminism.

Background

The party was founded in 2013,[1][2] and is led by retired businessman, and former Conservative Party consultant, Mike Buchanan.[3] He is the author of 10 books, a number of them concerned with gender politics, most recently: Feminism: The Ugly Truth.

J4MB is the only political party in the English-speaking world campaigning for the human rights of men and boys on many fronts. It is also the only anti-feminist political party in the English-speaking world[3] and has become the subject of controversy in the British media, having been covered in articles[4][5][6][7][8][9] and in television,[10] radio[11] and print[3][12] interviews. This led to the commissioning of Mike Buchanan as a columnist by the International Business Times, the relationship was terminated despite them stating "Your articles for us have been balanced and backed by evidence, which is fine. But we realise you have courted controversy for other articles you have written, and we feel this isn’t the best image for the IBT brand going forward." ,[13] The two articles which were published, were on the subject of male suicide[14] and female representation in corporate boardrooms.[15]. Buchanan was replaced by a self confessed 'male-feminist' and Guardian columnist Ally Fogg, with IBT claiming the addition of a 3rd feminist, albeit male, in addition to the pre-existing two feminist columnists on staff would represent "balance".

The party asserts that despite 71% of Members of the House of Commons being men,[16] men are not over-represented in politics,[17] that laws against rape are "nothing less than a charter for malicious women to make false sexual offence allegations, thereby ruining innocent men's lives" and likened feminism to Nazism and fascism.[17]

In its 2015 general election manifesto, the party explored twenty areas in which the human rights of men and boys in the UK are being violated.[10] The manifesto received criticism from feminist and far-left sources due to allegedly quoting extensively from Wikipedia, Daily Mail and blogs.

The party will be co-hosting the second International Conference on Men's Issues [18] in London, 8-10 July 2016 in association with A Voice for Men.

Electoral performance

The party stood for election for the first time at the 2015 general election, with two candidates. Party leader Mike Buchanan stood in Ashfield against the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Gloria De Piero. Buchanan came last with 153 votes out of 47,409 cast. Ray Barry stood in Broxtowe and also came last with 63 votes out of 53,440 cast.[19]

The party has published its 2020 general election strategy online. It plans to field candidates in the top 20 Conservative marginal seats at that election, and had income streams in place to fund all 20 candidates' £500 deposits shortly after the 2015 general election.[20] The 20 constituencies where the party intends to stand are:[21]

References

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