http://barrdear.com/john Thoughts about economics, politics and life in general Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:30:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://barrdear.com/john/2010/02/10/i-am-britralian/ http://barrdear.com/john/2010/02/10/i-am-britralian/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:21:44 +0000 John Barrdear http://barrdear.com/john/?p=970 … being both British and Australian.  It only took seven and a half years of living in Ol’ Blighty to do it.  The ceremony took place in the chambers of the Camden Council Hall — all dark timber and green leather.  There were about 30 of us in the ceremony.  Roughly half chose to swear their allegence by God, and half to affirm it without any religious reference.  Now I get to wait six weeks before getting my British passport.

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