Should you be allowed to stay in the country?

Only 50% I'll stay for 6 months a year then.

Howard

Oops, only 6 out of 14. Better keep my Dutch natonality then.

Peter

9 for me too.

Question 2:

"Almost 60m people live in the UK. By what factor do the native-born English outnumber their Scots or Welsh neighbours?"

Maybe someone should point out to whoever compiled the questions that NI is part of the UK.

Willy.

8 for me. Will swap passport for warmer climate...

I can recommend Oz as a particularly nice destination, should it become necessary.

Bring your own Naim though, it's a bit pricey here.

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Originally posted by bazz:
Bring your own Naim though, it's a bit pricey here.

Is the voltage the same?

But seriously, has nobody got a high enough score to be allowed to stay?

regards, Tam

I got 12... but I don't want to stay

quote:

Is the voltage the same?

Voltage the same, but no f-word in the plug, so more betterer!

7 after nearly 10 years away!

(I'm still claiming political refugee status from Sir Margeret Thatcher's brutal dictatorship)

Weather lovely.
Wish you were here.

Love Nime XXX

I got 10 - think that means I still gotta go - but where? Who'd want me?

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Originally posted by ROTF:
I got 10 - think that means I still gotta go

yep. 11 or more to stay!

I wonder if we could apply the questions to some of the cabinet

6/14 for me. My passport will be on eBay shortly.

S.

Oh dear, only 7. Better book the flight.

I got 9/10, does this mean I won't be allowed back in??

i am for the chop. I got five! I wonder if I could go and live in Norway. Or New Zealand.

Damn it! Fredrik

5!

Delighted. However since I do not own a dog, almost never go to a pub, and am a eurocentric who does not celebrate Christmas this may not be surprising.

Bruce

11 for me.

Deport the lot of you I say.

OK. Perhaps I am not being too bright here. Apparently if you can't speak English you don't have to sit the test. So what is the point of this?

Michael,

I think the point is you do have to sit the test, you just have to learn english, i.e. you won't be able to sit it in your native language.

regards, Tam

I'll get my coat!

Once you've passed the easy test (and like GCSEs within as few years it'll get even easier) you'll obtain your citizenship and vote Labour.

Hmm I got 13 right .... and I'm Singaporean ! (OK, I lived in Aberdeen for 2 years) but still ... Maybe I should apply for citizenship

Jag

9 points - and that was with some educated guesswork.

I'm too old to learn a foreign language and speak like a native; I seem to think Australia refuses anyone my age and over; so it seems I'll have to emigrate to New Zealand, Canada or the USA (with its far saner citizenship requirement of being familiar with the US constitution).

Would one be awfully cynical to suggest that the whole point of the test is to exclude unwanted immigrants? But still to be seen to be giving them a fair chance to prove their capacity to be model citizens?

It would be even more cynical to suggest that the correct answers will soon be circulating on the internet? Damn shame nobody thought of that, eh what?

I rather liked the reaction of our danish teacher a couple of months after we came over. We admitted we had never heard of their absolute, all-time, favorite, world-famous, danish pop singer. She seemed completely taken-aback that we could not possibly have his name clearly stored amongst the British greats like er.... The Beatles, The Stones, Elton John and Cliff Richards. I wish I could remember his name....