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Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question (www.independent.co.uk)

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Migration minister Mike Tapp failed a UK citizenship test question before insisting he is a "proud Brit." Speaking at a parliamentary committee on settlement, citizenship, and integration on Tuesday, 10 March, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal admitted he did not know the height of the London Eye - one of the questions in the official UK citizenship test. "I am confident that I would be able to pass the test, I'm a proud Brit," he added, but promised to "take a keen interest" in knowing the answer "when it comes up again" in the same meeting next year. Chair of the committee, Lord Don Foster, said he will "follow up" on Mr Tapp's word.

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[-] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social 50 points 5 months ago

I saw the headline and was ready to clown on the guy but then I actually read the question and I thought yeah, no. That's fair to not know actually. Why is that on the citizenship test? That's just silly

[-] Klear@quokk.au 29 points 5 months ago

I kinda assume the reason to clown on him is because he's in some way in charge of what questions there are.

[-] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social 8 points 5 months ago

I did think of that after I posted the comment but I didn't feel like editing it

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