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A letter to my folks By Pearl Ashia
(Pearl Ashia is back)
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HEY GUYS! How are we all doing? It has been only God knows how long. I wish it would be summer round here every single day. We love the sun,don't we all? I sank into some kind of anxiety and depression last winter, it was as if I was trapped in a hole. It is a very lonely position for a person to fall into. It was like walking through the valley of the shadow of death and fearing evil. I went to see Dr. Singh and he aked me why I thought I was depressed and I could not put a finger on any problem in particular.
But hey! Who am I to be talking about myself, eh?
The most important thing to me is I hit rock bottom and I am out and I am grateful to God that I am still here talking to all you nice people and that summer is here and we can wear some hot pants!
There is something more important that I wanted to talk about so let me just go straight to the point.
A friend of mine came to "Stressland", call it England if you are diplomatic. That was in December last year. She travelled on the 2 year Working Holiday "thingi" and then thankfully one Friday night whilst we were hanging out at Manjaro, a paler than pale white man approached us and expressed interest in Narki (my friend). Jamie Waterman and Narki got chatting and before I could blink an eye they were dating. That was absolutely fine by me.
Narki is my friend,she was single and finally she had met a man. Peaches!
Jamie was much of a decent guy. No coffeestained teeth, no tobacco breath and no scruffy dress sence. His looks? He looked like a cross between Quentin Tarantino and my Ben Stiller so you can work that one out yourselves.
Anyway, to make a long, winding story short, Romeo and Juliet went dating and finally he proposed marriage. Hippee! Things had to be done the lawful way so proceedings began but hang on, there was trouble in paradise.
We read that a law had been designed to combat "Sham marriages" in the UK and so all immigrants have to seek government permission if they want to marry. I said, say what? I think that is discriminatory and in breach of the fundamental human rights of immigrants. This is the United Kingdom of all places. This is a nation that upholds human rights and freedom and justice. What then happened? This according to facts, is the very first time any British Government has restricted the right of a consenting adult to marry. This means that a person subject to immigration control has to apply to the Home Secretary for approval, Why?
However, according to my research, the law designed to stop bogus marriages being used to get round immigration restrictions, did not apply to those who married according to the rites of the Church of England.
I think this scheme fails the test of proportionailty and shows the abject failure of the British government to respect the human rights of immigrants.
I think whatever a person's status is, being denied the right to marry without someone's permission is absolutely wrong and in breach of fundamental human rights. Ei! We no get papers so we no go fit get married? Which cain law be dis one now? I beg!
So Narki and Jamie are still waiting for John Reid to approve their marriage. Even Jamie is furious and he thinks the law is senseless. But I just wish them the best of luck. I am positive that after uncle John has approved for them to get married, whenever any crisis arises in their matrimonial home, they can go knocking on his door for advice.
If you sit in a barber's chair and you hate the style he gives your head, tell him! Don't just sit there and let him finish with the crap before you complain.
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