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.
Well that’s a stupid fucking question for a citizenship test.
I think that’s what they’re trying to highlight by asking him it
They don’t want new citizens.
Oh yeah the only qualification for being a Britt is memorizing arbitrary information. That makes sense.
Can confirm: I am British and know more than my fair share of trivia
My partner, dad’s partner, and so many colleagues at my job, wasted so many weeks cramming for this stupid, irrelevant test. If you add up all the people who have to take this, how many person hours have we wasted as a society, all to be forgotten anyway, because it’s useless information.
We really need to get rid of this test, or at a minimum strip it down and make it about how to vote and access public services. But even then, if someone wants to learn that, they will of their own accord and in their own time anyway.
I’ve passed the test in 2021. To be fair, there are some interesting and relevant topics, such as anything concerning the government structure: elections, judiciary system, Parliament, … Other questions such as the number of volunteers in the National Trust or the London Eye height are completely pointless.
“What’s the height of the London eye” is a citizenship question on the level of “what have I got in my pocket”
Is this thing on?
- Mike Tapp
I’ve spent a total of two weeks in the UK (not counting layovers) and I got 88%
I don’t say this to brag, just to illustrate that the test MIGHT not be quite fit for purpose 😄
I’m still going to have to take over your citizenship, though, them’s the rules 🤷🏻
I’ll handover my citizenship if you can pass British Isles test:
- Brown condiment that goes on toast
- Popular Irish Beverage
- Welsh actor that lives in the US
- Scottish comedian with thoughts about the Queen’s Vagina
- Ambiguously Gay Duo
- Mixes well with milk but only in the UK
spoiler
- HP Sauce (Marmite is a brown condiment that goes in the bin . Why, yes, Marmite is a bit “Marmite”.)
- Vodka & Red Bull. At least that was what was being served at every house party last time I was in Dublin.
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- His Majesty the Francis of Boyle
- Thems two wor were on Byker Grove, like, mahn
- Chocolate Hobnobs
You have been promoted to Lord Executor
spoiler
- Marmite!
- This has to be Guiness
- I had to look Rhys up but I don’t know his work. I went with Michael Sheen, who I do adore. Dang it.
- This has to be Frankie Boyle.
- …Michael Sheen and David Tennant? Please be what you were going for, I’m straight, but I love those two together!
- Tea! … Ribena? (I know it’s not Ribena). I think Nestle makes a banana powder for milk? We have chocolate and strawberry in the US
I probably failed. :( but it was fun. I’m a huge panelshow fan, so anything I got might be blamed on that :)
Forgive me if my reply is annoying, as a USian, I like hanging out in spaces like this, but I try to be respectful. But I had to reply to this one :)
4 / 6, get off the island(s) or I’ll sick her on you!
I AIN’T AFRAID OF NO GHOST!
- Marmite
- Guinness or whisky
- Matthew Rhys?
- Frankie Boyle, probably
- Ant and Dec? 🤷🏻
- Gin? 😛 Because people like milk in their tea elsewhere too
5 / 6, you live but barely
Brit here:
spoiler
- Marmite
- Guinness
- Michael Sheen? First Welsh actor that comes to mind. I think Christian Bale was born in Wales but considers himself to be English.
- Frankie Boyle if I remember correctly
- Ant and Dec? I think they’re both married to women, I don’t know
- Tea
6.5 / 6, very good
Nice, my sense of Britishness remains intact
I got 100% and I don’t even live there
Why do you know the height of the London Eye. Are you a Russian agent?
It’s about eye-level.
Anyway the test is multiple choice, so maybe if you know it’s about 100m that’s good enough?
The test is ridiculous, it asked a load of history that I wouldn’t expect normal people to know, Brits or otherwise.
A true Brit would estimate the height in double decker buses, of course. They missed a trick there.
Here’s one that helps people revise, lets see how we do
https://lifeintheuktestweb.co.uk/british-citizenship-test-practice-questions-12/
I got 71% and I’m nativo
20/24 (83%), native Briton.
Some of those questions are stupid though, on terms of day to day knowledge on Britain.
If it was actually going to be useful, it would include things about:
- Letting someone go in front of you in the shop queue if they’ve only got a few things and you’ve got a basket full.
- Which football teams are “scum” according to supporters of other football teams
- Which one of PJ & Duncan is PJ and which one is Duncan? (Also known as Ant and Dec)
- How to apologise for things, even even they’re not your fault
- Why Piers Morgan is a twat
- What things you can have a “cheeky” one of i.e. pints, Greggses, sausage rolls, Nandoses, and girls (if you’re MP Lembit Opik).
How long do you wait before beeping the horn if you’re behind a car at the traffic lights and they turn green is another potential one
I beeped a guy when on holiday in USA once, after a truck didn’t set off for a few seconds. The guy stuck a middle finger out of his window and floored it with a great wheel spin.
Not sure if I broke the rule by beeping too early, or the American rule is that you always flip off the guy behind you.
You did the New York Second
I’m English It was like 3 seconds!
If it’s a mini you might as well be ready to lean on the horn as soon as the other direction turns amber. They never seem to be paying attention
83%. I’ve never set foot in the country in my life.
Also, the height of the that wheel is irrelevant, since it hasn’t been the tallest in the world in decades!
23 of 24, my knowledge of NI politics sadly lacking
my knowledge of NI politics sadly lacking
Nao nao nao! March march march!
Something like that probably. 😉
I got 46%, and I’m a native Finn
67% for me, looks like I’m getting kicked out
Nah.
Because meme
I got 21 of 24. The NI Assembly question threw me for an absolute loop.
I got 21 and I’m from Denmark. Most of them were not too hard. Some, like British History were a bit harder, but not impossible. The amount of NI parliament members though, that one was a complete shot in the dark.
That NI question keeps on being mentioned for some reason
Because I don’t think anyone in the Northern Ireland assembly could answer that question. I couldn’t tell you how many constituencies there are in England, only that there’s a lot. Some things aren’t worth knowing.
12 of 24 as an American
83% as a Canadian. Such a weird mix of questions. Maybe 4-5 that actually dealt with civics and governance.
Yeah I got 71% too, which is a fail so I guess I am no longer British. Born and raised here btw! What a stupid, racist test, plenty of the questions aren’t even objectively factual but subjective or flatout lies spread by the government too.
edit: did a second test and still failed with 67%
21/24, not a Brit but a good student of world history
I’m British born and bred and I got 88%. Some of those questions are interesting and definitely better questions than asking the height of the London Eye.
Maybe the UK citizenship test should try to select people who support important British principles (rule of law, democracy, religious freedom, legal equality of men and women, etc). But I suppose somebody could pretend to support those things for the purposes of passing a test, and after the test they might decide they don’t believe in democracy after all. Also I’m sure there are born and bred Brits who don’t believe in democracy.
When it comes to plastic patriots it’s the british-born nationals that are more likely to be the problem, the ones that want to immigrate tend to be okay.
Besides I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to be a bigger prick than Tommy 10 names.
I failed four. Doubt even people living Northern ireland know how many members their parliament has.
Most of the time it’s zero.
92%. Canadian.
I had a friend go through this a while back, I swear the arbitrary information they were being asked to remember lol I got 83% in the one posted here, Wouldn’t know about NI ministers and one questions I didn’t realise needed two answers…Yes I wasn’t giving it my 100% attention lol
Probably silly to have claimed to be able to pass the test if he didn’t practice for it, but otherwise really so what? Citizenship tests are more about proving someone wants to put real effort in rather than some trivial facts you could memorise in 30 seconds.
Migration Minister, sounds like he works for the RSPB. Call a spade a spade, Immigration Minister?
Mirror: https://imgur.com/gallery/migration-minister-fails-uk-citizenship-test-question-GJgiKa0, because The Independent is an absolute dogshit ads/analytics infested website.
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
ingenuitystupidity. Goddamn.Imgur doesn’t work in UK
Imgur doesn’t work in UK
What the hell, I thought you were kidding but you’re not:
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.
It’s actually because they’re not making any attempt to record self-reported age (such as “I am over 13”) on signup, while there is adult content on there, and did not want to cooperate with Ofcom on it.
