[Margaret Pilkington]

I have friends who still work in the NHS and one of them who is a health visitor was abused and threatened by a muslim youth when she went to visit one of her clients( a woman from his own community )...she was told that this was an 'Asian' area and that she was not welcome.

I have looked after women who have lived in this country fo two and three decades who do not speak English.

Yes, you are right about Brits abroad too. I visited Spain many times in the eighties, but always tried to learn a bit of the language and would try to ask for things in Spanish when I shopped....being of mediterranean colouring and looks, meant that frequently they tried to engage me in conversations which I could understand, but could not think fast enough to answer...and had to confess(Soy Inglese) to being English.

I suppose it is all down to comfort zones...and I would guess that many who have taken up residence in these communities are the older generations who just want the sun on their bones....and if they could get that here they would never have left.