Ray Barry is the leader of the political party Equal Parenting Alliance, and sadly he’s estranged from his sons (now 20, 22 and 24) following his wife’s decision to leave him many years ago. At the 2015 general election he’ll be standing for J4MB in the Wolverhampton South-West constituency, where he lives. He wrote the well-received equal parenting proposals in our public consultation document. There can be few people better placed to talk with authority about parental estrangement, so it was only fitting that he made an early, strong, and substantial (over 16 minutes long) contribution to a programme broadcast two days ago, largely devoted to the issue of estranged parents (which almost always means estranged fathers) on BBC Radio WM. Most of the two-hour long programme — sensitively hosted by Caroline Martin — was concerned with the issue of parental estrangement, with numerous people phoning into the programme with their experiences. After Caroline’s introduction, Ray’s contribution goes on to 18:46, and is well worth catching. The man’s a radio natural. Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhX1c3ow6BrzdzP3ydpeZQ/videos