Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Testing times.

Apparently the "Britishness Test" which already applies to those seeking British citizenship is being extended to those wishing to live here without becoming citizens. It's supposed to test your knowledge of the country's laws, constitution and customs. A question which keeps cropping up is "Which courts use juries?" Your multiple choice answers are (a) Magistrates Courts (b) County Courts (c) Crown Courts. The answer they are looking for, and which will be judged as correct is (c), which completely ignores the fact that you can have juries in County Courts - not very common, to be sure, but it does happen. Perhaps those setting the questions should take the test themselves?

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