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A
teacher at a Benny
Hill Awareness centre
goes over the basics
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Recent citizenship
tests have come under heavy criticism for their extreme and prejudicial
lack of questions related to the late, great Benny Hill.
The new tests have been setup to determine the
extent of people's knowledge of UK matters such as government,
society and other practical issues, before they are accepted into
the UK.
People hoping to gain a UK passport will be asked
to take the 45 minute test and if they pass will then attend an
official ceremony to mark their full nationalisation.
However, attention has been drawn to the substantial
lack of questions involving the late comedian Benny Hill. Many
feel that the life and work of Benny Hill is absolutely crucial
to the understanding of how British society works.
The leader of the UK Independence Party, Roger
Knapman, has slammed the Hill-Light tests for being far too easy
and ignoring the foundation of the country.
"These test are incapable of understanding
to any degree what someone knows about Britain. If a person is
not even asked to identify Benny, I'm not kidding - some of them
don't even know who he is, then how can they know what we as a
country stand for?"
Mr Knapman stressed his point at one of the countries
90 citizenship centres by trying to chase a recent arrival from
Zimbabwe around the centre whilst doing the 'Benny Hill Song'.
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UKIP
leader Roger Knapman prepares for
another unofficial Benny Hill based test
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UK applicant, Mr Peter Dgali was shocked by the
actions of Mr Knapman and admitted he did not know what the strange
man was doing, or why.
"The man run passed me making a doo doo
sound and moving so strangely like he was possessed - I did not
know what he was doing, you know, and when he turned around and
looked at me standing there he was clapping his hands and looking
so satisfied", explained Mr Dgali.
The Home Office have admitted that a total exclusion
of Hill based questioning from the tests may skew the overall
understanding of life in Britain for some people but insist that
new Benny Hill Awareness centres will be setup as soon as the
budget is made available.
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