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Zing Tsjeng travels around the UK to find out what it means to be British

Zing Tsjeng wonders what it means to be British. She travels around the UK to find out.

Zing Tsjeng, executive editor at VICE UK, is on a journey around the UK trying to figure out what being British is all about. After living in the UK half her life, she wants to decide whether to trade her Singaporean passport for a British one. It's a tough dilemma, as Singapore doesn't allow dual nationality, and swapping the citizenship of the country she was raised in for the one she now calls home feels like a big deal. Can talking to people from all over the country about their national and local identity help her decide whether to take the plunge and become British?

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25/07/2020 GMT

'Essex has given me my ballsiness'

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Zing heads to Witham to meet councillor Chelsey Jay, a self-described proud Essex girl

Zing heads to Witham to meet councillor Chelsey Jay, a self-described proud Essex girl.

Zing heads to Witham to meet councillor Chelsey Jay, a self-described proud Essex girl. Chelsey was elected last year to the local town council, at the age of 28. For Chelsey, being from Essex is all about being "ballsy" and ignoring snobbish stereotypes: "You're gonna be ripped apart for being from Essex, so you might as well give it a try with a smile on your face."

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Journalist Zing Tsjeng is on a journey around the UK trying to figure out what being British is all about. After living in the UK half her life, she wants to decide whether to trade her Singaporean passport for a British one. It's a tough dilemma as Singapore doesn't allow dual nationality and swapping the citizenship of the country she was raised in, for the one she now calls home now, feels like a big deal. Can talking to people from all over the country about their national and local identity help her decide whether to take the plunge and become British?

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