British Passports Could Reportedly Be Blue Again After Brexit - But Not Everyone Is Happy

by Guest Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:58 pm

The UK could be set to return to navy blue passports following Brexit, it has been reported - but not everyone seems convinced this is an entirely justified priority.
The Sunday Express claimed that a £490 million contract for the redesign of the passports has been put out for tender.
The current contract is set to expire in 2019 - the year the UK will finally leave the EU.

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Apparently burgundy passports are a ‘source of national humiliation’

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell, chairman of the Flags and Heraldry Committee, told the Sunday Express that the burgundy passports were a “source of national humiliation”.
Meanwhile his fellow Tory Peter Bone told the Sun: “Having got back our national independence, we can express that by having our own passports again.”
The reaction on social media, however, was less than impressed...

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Gail E Bishop @gailebishop
[ltr]Nice to see Brexiteers have their spending priorities right... £500m on blue passports, not money for the NHS. #brexit[/ltr]

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Chris Brosnahan @ChrisBrosnahan
[ltr]To be honest, I'd rather sort out the NHS and mental health provisions than blue passports.[/ltr]

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Dai Lama @WelshDalaiLama
[ltr]HALF A BILLION QUID ON BLUE PASSPORTS A WAR WITH SPAIN OVER GIBRALTAR YES THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR BREXIT MEANS BREXIT GET OVER IT[/ltr]

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Chris Godfrey

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[ltr]Meanwhile our domestic post-Brexit priorities are blue passports and imperial measurements. We. Are. A. Joke.[/ltr]

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Isolated Brit @IsolatedBrit
[ltr]BLUE PASSPORTS ... BLUE PASSPORTS ... BLUE PASSPORTS ... BLUE PASSPORTS ... BLUE PASSPORTS ... BLUE PASSPORTS ...[/ltr]

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer
[ltr]"I'm nostalgic for the 50s"
"Oh you mean like trade unions and a functioning NHS"
"No, blue passports and crap light bulbs"[/ltr]

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James Martin

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[ltr]Blue passports will cost £500m, or twice that if they have to buy a second ink cartridge for the printer.[/ltr]

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Sam Freedman @Samfr
[ltr]£500m for different coloured passports seems entirely reasonable. Especially given the public sector is so well funded at the moment.[/ltr]

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Finn Darby @FinnTD
[ltr]"What's the chat this lovely sunny Sunday then you delightful people?"

BLUE PASSPORTS
WAR WITH SPAIN
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