MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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an oath of allegiance to Britain, and finally, after eleven years on these shores, became a citizen.
Yay me!
Now that I am one of you, are there any secrets I should know that you have been withholding?
No.
Ya, welcome to zombie maggot world ...
Where are you from originally?
🙂
Bloody immigrants! Coming here, getting naturalised and integrated...
A legal immigrant? Burn him! 😉
Are you local? We'll have no trouble here.
Blummin' immigrants, comin' over 'ere, etc!
😉
Great to have you joining us!
*Edit - great minds!*
Congratulations!
Of course that was just the basic qualification; you've got the advanced grumbling syllabus to come.
Welcome. You have to queue now.
Well done....let us buy you a warm beer...
I remember the ceremony where I wore jeans thinking that it was just normal swearing of allegiance to Queen ... errmm ... Britain. Was thinking I was supposed to shout something like Long live the Queen etc ... Got there then saw everyone was formal suit etc with family members taking photos etc. Talking about overdress me. I went over during my lunch break and was in a hurry. Took a pic with the mayor to receive the certificate then went back to my zombie maggot life working ... 
Do you get to vote in the EU elections now?
It's gonna take you a lot longer than 11 years to get back out again.....
(best start on that escape tunnel right away 😉
ohnohesback - MemberDo you get to vote in the EU elections now?
Yes, everything ...
If a person comes from the Commonwealth nation (think it's after a year) s/he get to vote automatically in British election anyway without being a citizen. 🙄 Not sure about EU voting though.
I, [name], [swear by Almighty God] [do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare] that, on becoming a British citizen, I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs, and successors, according to people.
I would not swear to that
So now you're AngloSaxonRider. 😀
junkyard neither would i.
The country you're from must be bad...every sane resident of this one would leave given half a chance!
Junkyard - lazarusI would not swear to that
You think we'd let you back in?
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That's ok, you swore that by default you royalist.
Junkyard - lazarusI, [name], [swear by Almighty God] [do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare] that, on becoming a British citizen, I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs, and successors, according to people.
I would not swear to that
I don't mind as swearing allegiance to the Queen or future King but not their brothers/sisters etc, ONLY to the Queen and future Kings. It is the least I can do to show my respect to a nation that welcome me and to demonstrate that I mean no harm.
Actually, no matter which Kingdom I go to I shall bow to the King/Queen of that nation, if they have one, even if it is the Kingdom of my enemy as a sign of respect.
Royalist or not ... it is the Head of the country that I showed my respect to and to the nation s/he governs. If there is no King/Queen then it would be the President or the head of state or in a remote village it would be the headman/woman. Even if the King/Queen no longer posses the power s/he once had, I will still pay my respect.
Since Ive decreed it's "One in, One out", you get to pick who goes Saxonrider 😉
The country you're from must be bad...every sane resident of this one would leave given half a chance!
Every resident in this country is totally free (a full chance you might say) to go to any of the other 27 EU member states and a number of other countries in the European Economic Area. Moreover they have at least "half a chance" of moving to a whole different continent - maybe its not so bad here after all if 60 million people can't be bothered to take their chance!
Since Ive decreed it's "One in, One out", you get to pick who goes Saxonrider
Pick me pick me
My wife and I moved to New Zealand a while back. As we've been here more than five years we are eligible to become citizens. As NZ is part of the Commonwealth this involves a ceremony where we have to swear allegiance to Her Majesty. This seems a bit weird to me, as we're already British citizens. Our son, who was born in NZ, has dual citizenship by default and won't have to swear allegiance to the queen at all. Very odd.
@chewkw, I'm from Canada originally. I've actually been voting in all elections since I first arrived. At least I think I have.
@Stoner, if I have to pick from STW, then I shall watch and see who is worst behaved over the coming few days. A few years ago, and I would have said MrWoppit, hands down. But I've kind of grown to, well... accept him.
If you mean I get to pick from the wider British public, then it is a toss-up between Matthew Parris and John Pilger.
@Junkyard, there is also an 'Affirmation' as opposed to a swearing. It omits 'Almighty God', and requires the new citizen to affirm that they accept what it is to be British, and will live in accordance with the British tradition of tolerance and mutual respect. Or something like that.
Today, about half of us swore the oath, and the other half did the affirmation.
Commonwealth citizens get to vote.
Did you get to choose a nominal nationality? English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish?
curiousyellow - MemberDid you get to choose a nominal nationality? English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish?
No. Just British but I would choose GeordieLand if given the choice. 😆
You think we'd let you back in?
Prisoner exchange 😉
Cheers for info Saxon apparently it is [ I assume the omit god as they are tolerant of other religions but not republicans ]
I, A.B. [full name], of , do solemnly and sincerely
affirm that on becoming a I will be faithful and
bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second,
Her Heirs and Successors, according to law
I am a member of republic so i must be on a list of potential traitors then 😉
I object to both the god and monarch bit - on balance i would rather swear to the pretend thing that the unfair thing.
How odd you have to swear to the Queen - and they say the role is just symbolic eh
We were sworn in in Cardiff, so having sung the Welsh National Anthem to start with, and having been welcomed in Welsh by the Lord Mayor, I suspect that the nominal nationality was a given for us.
Other than Wales, though, I would also choose GeordieLand. I love it up there.
Where are you from originally chewkw?
Mad isn't it, Saxon Rider comes here from Canada (Lord knows why) & I travelled with a Geordie to Canada who owned a couple of bars in Grand Prairie, he said he doesn't mind coming back once in a while but couldn't wait to get back to Canada!
How odd you have to swear to the Queen - and they say the role is just symbolic eh
Of course it's a symbolic role, this is a symbolic ceremony.
PS not all of Canada is cool outdoor towns in the mountains.
Brilliant molgrips brilliant- I really did laugh out loud at that 😆
Please dont mistake this as a desire to debate this
SaxonRider - Member
Where are you from originally chewkw?
Pirate infested, militia invaded, illegal immigrants taking over, religious intolerant, nice head hunting people region of [b]North Borneo[/b].
I would prefer Canada with vast land mass and less bureaucracy then here but somehow my education brought me here many years ago ... got sucked in by the bloody Brits education propaganda and their institutions. Damn! I the fool!
Vast land mass is all well and good when there's stuff in it.
molgrips - MemberVast land mass is all well and good when there's stuff in it.
I could have a moose farm? No?
Oh ya think it's bloody cold in some areas too.
@Junkyard, there is also an 'Affirmation' as opposed to a swearing. It omits 'Almighty God', and requires the new citizen to affirm that they accept what it is to be British, and will live in accordance with the British tradition of tolerance and mutual respect. Or something like that.
an alternative to either of those is to just get a Boots Advantage Card - think of it as a sort of 'citizenship lite' but with the bonus of earning points.