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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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[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Mirror: https://imgur.com/gallery/migration-minister-fails-uk-citizenship-test-question-GJgiKa0, because The Independent is an absolute dogshit ads/analytics infested website.
Video: Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question

The dogshit:

I had to use Tor Browser to load the video because my hosts file blocks all ad/analytics domains using hBlock. Then used OBS Studio to record the video. Then took two screenshots of the uBlock Origin interface and stitched it together with Photopea. All because of human ~~ingenuity~~ stupidity. Goddamn.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Imgur doesn't work in UK

[–] arsCynic@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Imgur doesn’t work in UK

What the hell, I thought you were kidding but you're not:

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

There's a chance that someone once uploaded a picture of some boobs on it or something, so to "protect the children", our beloved glorious leaders have blocked us from a big chunk of the internet.