There used to be more than a dozen contributors to this “Your Voice column” of Asian Voice. Over the years, a number of them have either departed from this world or have stopped contributing. So the number in our club of letter writers has dwindled and only a few like my- self, having written over 500 letters to-date, come up with new and varied topics every week.
At the moment we can discuss the new prime minister and how he will deliver Brexit and how the home minister will tackle the scourge of knife crime which has become a scourge in London. We want our club of letter writers to flourish and revert to its former glory. We want people to come up with interesting original ideas rather than dwell upon other contributors’ initiative or make unwarranted comments on their contributions at the instigation of others.
Boris Johnson’s visit to Buckingham Palace where the Queen asked him to form the new government, reminded me of my own visits, twice, to the Royal garden parties where I had the privilege to rub shoulders with royalty.
I have also had the pleasure to speak with Princess Margaret, the Queen’s sister, when she made a whistle stop visit to my place of work at the Department of Education and Science. Princess Margaret was a patron of one of our schools and I was introduced to her by Margaret Thatcher who was then secretary of state at my Department.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
