Frankly, the colour of a passport is a trivial matter. But the new blue British passport will piss off all the right people, so bring it on.
British passports will change from burgundy to blue after Britain leaves the EU, the Home Office has said.
Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis said he was delighted to return to the “iconic” blue and gold design which came into use almost 100 years ago.
The new passports will be made available to those renewing or applying for a passport from October 2019.
And…
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage responded to the announcement by tweeting “Happy Brexmas!”
He added: “In the 2016 referendum, we wanted our passports back. Now we’ve got them back!”
I know, I know, it’s all very silly. But it still cheers me up.
It cheers me up too. Anything which irritates or annoys the Tusks, Junckers and Merkels of this world is OK in my book. I don’t care if it’s considered juvenile, it’s a bright spot in a dull time.
Damn! Mine expires October 2018.
I hope that I am restored to be a SUBJECT of Her Majesty and not a CITIZEN of the UK as at present.
That ship has probably sailed. Who knows, though. Someone working out the details of the “new” passports might have a clue.
Anything that pisses off ANY of these bastards is a good move to my mind.
Merry Christmas, one and all, and be thankful for victories, however small!
Mine doesn’t expire till 2021. Reckon it will get lost/stolen/eaten by the dog, sometime in 2019, even if I have to buy a dog!
On the one hand I’m delighted to return to what I still consider a ‘proper’passport (who was it who famously described the EU passports as looking like ‘Russian Seamen’s papers’?).On the other, it does reek just a little of desperation by a Prime Minister who seems to think ‘Yes Prime Minister’ was a play book not satire (EU regulation sausages anyone?).
…but it was a play book – remember Hacker’s mission to stop people smoking?
Happy Christmas everyone!
Oh dear, if the new passport ends up looking as the Daily Express predicts-
https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/secondary/Blue-passport-1170191.jpg
then I shall still have to buy a leather cover. Way to go PMT.May, make us even more of a laughing stock among foreigners by issuing us cartoon cover passports from some child’s ‘My First Holiday Abroad’ playset.