A Dream Fulfilled!

History was made today! The United States of America has elected its first African American President in Senator Barack Obama and I send him and his family sincere congratulations from me and my family in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We wish him well for his term in office and look forward to a continuation of the enduring and well established working relationship between our two countries. I am very mindful of Dr. Martin Luther King's immortal words in 1963 when he declared, in that famous speech, he had a dream that one day his children and grandchildren would be judged, not by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. That dream was fulfilled today in its entirety, albeit 45 years later. Praise The Lord !

I also pay special tribute to Senator John McCain for fighting a very fair election and especially for his characteristic dignity in defeat. A new dawn has begun and as the President Elect stated in his inspirational victory speech it proves that all things are possible in America. The American dream of the Founding Fathers in writing the US Constitution is, thank God, alive and well and we can all look forward to a future full of Hope, Freedom and Liberty for all irrespective of race, colour or creed.

Whatever one's own political persuasion may be; today has certainly been a momentous occasion on the world stage of democracy. The citizens of the United States of America have never been more "united" than now in so many different ways. Congratulations to those celebrating success and commiserations to those gracious in defeat. May God bless America and her Allies.