A LETTER FROM LONDON

One of our new contributors from London Barbara has written another letter stating some of her admiration for a certain journalist in the UK and issues focusing on how emigrants especially from Africa quickly settle down in London.

Here is the full text of her unedited letter:
I would be honoured to contribute to the blog. I love writing and hope that I can find things to write about that would be of interest to your readers. I would, of course, be respectful of your wishes not to be 'controversial'. I am fully aware that these blogs are open to all sorts of people so I am mindful of the consequences of things like libel. There is one subject that I am pretty fond of and that is how people from your country settle in when they come to the UK. I have, as you know, first hand knowledge of how difficult it can be for those of different cultures and religions to handle living in a land that is so different from their own. I would not like to personalise anything I wrote for obvious reasons but I have been writing a journal and some of the things I have observed might be of interest to those who read the blog who are thinking, or should I say hoping, to come here to live and work. I wouldn't want to be identified so just keeping me as 'Barbara' will do! Do you think this is the sort of thing you would be interested in? I could perhaps send a small piece to demonstrate a) my ability to write and b) whether anyone would give a damn! I do have a rather English sense of humour so maybe this would be misunderstood. Anyway, let me know. I also have a question. I am an avid reader of newspapers, The Daily Mail in particular. One of my favourite journalists is Melanie Phillips who writes very frankly on her views of Britain today. She wrote a piece yesterday (4th Jan) which I am sure you would be interested in. I have taken a cutting from it and was going to scan it into my computer and send it to you but I am not sure about the copyright laws on this. If you want to read it I am sure you will be able to find it on the Daily Mail website. The bit that interested me most was about the work ethic of immigrants coming to our country from different cultures and how it puts British workers to shame.

I shall await your comments.

Regards
Barbara

Publisher/Editor Comments

Barbara I'd like to congratulate you for contributing to our blog which is out to exchange ideas about current issues that affect our lives. Well regarding your opinion on the way emigrants adapt to the environment they found themselves, its quite amazing, but I think it has to do with individual, that is that [person's] readiness to 'belong' to the system. As the saying goes, when you go to Rome, do as the Romans. When next you write please send us photos, am sure some of our members would like to see them published.

EBRIMA BALDEH