cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/60568257
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.
Why is the height of a Ferris wheel on the UK citizenship test?
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
Seriously though; most citizenship tests I’ve seen in my life (on the Internet; I’ve never changed my citizenship, so have never actually taken one) ask about things like how various governmental institutions work, not the dimensions of randomly selected landmarks. Is this a well known piece of information in the UK?
Our something like, whether a certain action is allowed that might not be in other parts of the world. So simply questions which check if you can integrate into the society.
It isn’t a Ferris wheel, it’s a cantilevered observation wheel. Its height still shouldn’t be on the test.
But it is a ferrous wheel
All cantilevered observation wheels are Faris wheels.
Not all Faris wheels are cantilevered observation wheels.
Classic Tory move by Labour.
