Roof protest targets Labour's Harman

A protester was arrested today after he camped out all night on the roof of Labour Party deputy leader Harriet Harman's south…

A protester was arrested today after he camped out all night on the roof of Labour Party deputy leader Harriet Harman's south London home, forcing her to move out.

The man (49) from the Fathers 4 Justice protest group scaled the building at the weekend to demand divorced fathers be given better access to their children.

The man joined another protester who was still on the roof early on Monday. The second protester remains on the roof.

On Sunday, police surrounded Ms Harman's house in Herne Hill and waited for the two costumed men, who said they had enough food for a week, to come down.

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"I don't think it is fair to the police resources to be tied up outside my house because of this demonstration when they could be doing other important policing work," Ms Harman said. "I also think it is unfair on the neighbours, so we are moving out," she said.

Fathers 4 Justice founder Matt O'Connor, who was not in the rooftop protest, said the pair had walked into Ms Harman's garden while she was at home and used a ladder to climb onto the roof.

The protest was the latest in a line of high profile stunts by the group, which has included pelting then prime minister Tony Blair with condoms full of purple flour in the House of Commons debating chamber in 2006.