The UK *requires* potential citizens to memorise false and misleading myths about its history: "slavery was illegal within Britain itself" and there was "an orderly transition from empire to Commonwealth".

It's time to change the test: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/22/home-office-urged-to-correct-false-slavery-information-in-citizenship-test

As an immigrant and scholar who has had to take this actively misleading 'Life in the UK' test, I've joined with 180 other historians to protest the lies and misrepresentation in this official history.

If you're a historian, you can add your name here: https://historyjournal.org.uk/2020/07/21/historians-call-for-a-review-of-home-office-citizenship-and-settlement-test/

Alternatively, the UK could get rid of the whole thing, which would be about a thousand times better. Worth reading this thread from @lottelydia for some fair scepticism about engaging with the Home Office at all: https://twitter.com/lottelydia/status/1285826539603492865

Those of us who signed the letter should also read this excellent thread from @TehilaSasson historicising the UK citizenship test, even if I don't agree with the overall conclusion that the signing the letter is worse than doing nothing: https://twitter.com/TehilaSasson/status/1285885571697725440