New British Passports Will Be Made In France. Brexit Supporters Are Not Happy.
In an ironic twist, it has been reported that Britain’s new post-Brexit blue passports will be made in France. The news has drawn a furious reaction from Brexit supporters, who consider the blue passport to be a potent symbol of British identity, the BBC has reported.
British passports were blue until 1988, after which they became burgundy due to a common format agreement between European Union (EU) states. Brexit supporters see the burgundy passport as a marker of Britain’s lost sovereignty and identity in the face of European bureaucracy, and new passports will revert to blue as of 2019. MORE…
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