Citizenship: Why bother?
- 20 Feb 08, 09:39 AM
What's the point in becoming a British citizen? Yes, you get a passport and access to consular services. Yes, you get the right to vote. But what else? The answer is - not much.
Thus many immigrants choose never to become citizens and never to go through the English tests, the citizenship ceremonies and all the rest of the things dreamt up by politicians to foster integration.
Changing that is, I'm told, is at the heart of today's on citizenship.
I'm off to a citizenship ceremony to find out more...
