S1: Try saying 'citizenship-test' multiple times….

Between cups of tea and dithering paper noises (yes, we are experimenting with what 'dithering' actually sounds like, this time with German Potteries’ Burgenland teacups) Rich and Carola talk citizenship; Carola's application for permanent UK residency;  citizenship tests;  passport differences; melting pot vs multi-diversity; and various stumbles over the word citizenship (try saying it 10 times…). And we have a chat about the fact that Richard is not exactly a UK citizen but a subject whilst Carola delights in the contents of a British passport, quoting Haynes manual: “One of the wonderfully quirky things about being a ‘loyal royal subject’ is the reassuring regal proclamation residing inside the front cover of British passports – an imperial warning formulated to ward off persons with the temerity to be of foreign persuasion”. We recorded this episode back in March, but it is still timely. 

  Sources:

• Albertson, Kevin; Rock, Ian; Medway, James; Fox, Chris (2015) Haynes Manual on How to run the Country. Haynes Publishing. ISBN 978 0 85733 800 6. This book asks the question of “But what if the country needs fixing?” Out of print, but still available at Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Run-Country-Manual-Economics/dp/0857338005 

• Official UK Citizenship Test and website - https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test 

• For any Europeans needing to apply for settlement status to remain living in the UK beyond BREXIT https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families