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Blue passports - aye, right!

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Esspee Mon 13-Jun-22 14:22:29

I have just seen another comment on twitter from someone expecting the arrival of their new blue passport.
Do most people expect a blue passport now we are not in the EU?
Sorry to disillusion you but British passports are now black like the souls of the PM and the Conservative party.

Zoejory Mon 13-Jun-22 16:10:39

Yours are lovely, Joseanne!

Joseanne Mon 13-Jun-22 16:06:17

Beechnut

GrannyGravy13

Purchase a passport cover, that way you can have any colour you wish.

??Mine’s mauve.

I have two, pink and grey!

volver Mon 13-Jun-22 16:03:42

Its like that dress again...

Beechnut Mon 13-Jun-22 15:58:26

GrannyGravy13

Purchase a passport cover, that way you can have any colour you wish.

??Mine’s mauve.

Beautful Mon 13-Jun-22 15:53:33

If you Google British Passport are blue ( this is what it comes up as) no doubt though some have questioned black or blue ... must be the darkest of dark blues that's why looks black . ... whether blue black or whatever ... doesn't worry me as long as it is genuine & can use it going abroad ...

GagaJo Mon 13-Jun-22 15:53:29

maddyone

^Rich man and the eye of the needle and all that.^

The Queen? Royals? Richard Branson? Ed Sheehan? And all the rest of the multi millionaires?

Millionaires condemning children to grow up in poverty in a first world country. What else is that, if not evil? Rich man and the eye of a needle and all that.

Those having a direct impact on policies that damage the lives of others, despite drowning in wealth themselves. Of course.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 13-Jun-22 15:50:48

Visgirl yep.

Callistemon21 Mon 13-Jun-22 15:50:37

Visgir1

It's Dark Navy Blue almost identical colour to Naval Uniforms which are Navy Blue (but can look black)

Yes, I was going to suggest that too..

GrannyGravy13 Mon 13-Jun-22 15:50:09

Purchase a passport cover, that way you can have any colour you wish.

Visgir1 Mon 13-Jun-22 15:49:56

It's Dark Navy Blue almost identical colour to Naval Uniforms which are Navy Blue (but can look black)

Callistemon21 Mon 13-Jun-22 15:49:53

Often the only way to tell very dark navy blue from black is to hold the navy blue object against a true black object.

Callistemon21 Mon 13-Jun-22 15:46:56

AGAA4

I don't really care what colour my passport is as long as it works.

?

Mine's red.
I hope it's still valid for a few years!

BlueSky Mon 13-Jun-22 15:44:46

Will be glad to have our own dark British passports back!

volver Mon 13-Jun-22 15:42:08

crazyH

Esspee that’s an awful thing to say. If you feel so strongly, why don’t you relinquish your British passport/ citizenship ?

Is that meant to be a serious statement?

Do people who say things like that realise how wicked it is?

"If you don't like it just p*** off out of the country then."

Petera Mon 13-Jun-22 15:29:56

Oldbat1

Are these being printed in France? Or have I made that up?

The company that is responsible has its headquarters in France.

However the rumour that they are actually manufactured in France is scurrilous. They're manufactured in Poland.

maddyone Mon 13-Jun-22 15:29:00

Ed Sheeran.

maddyone Mon 13-Jun-22 15:28:37

Rich man and the eye of the needle and all that.

The Queen? Royals? Richard Branson? Ed Sheehan? And all the rest of the multi millionaires?

maddyone Mon 13-Jun-22 15:26:02

Thanks for photo Zoejory, it looks as though it’s the same size as my red one, so is a little smaller than the previous ones.

GagaJo Mon 13-Jun-22 15:24:29

Esspee

I have a new one and I can assure you it isn’t blue.
Anyone happy to send refugees to Rawanda has no humanity.

Agree with you Esspee and with your original statement.

Millionaires condemning children to grow up in poverty in a first world country.

What else is that, if not evil? Rich man and the eye of a needle and all that.

maddyone Mon 13-Jun-22 15:24:11

I don’t care what colour my passport is, so long as I’ve got one.
To say anyone’s soul is black is indeed a horrible thing to say. If it must be said, perhaps it could be about serial killers, child murderers, and terrorists who kill multiple people. To say it just because you don’t like someone’s politics and general behaviour is very poor form.

Joseanne Mon 13-Jun-22 15:21:56

AGAA4

I don't really care what colour my passport is as long as it works.

I agree AGGZA4.
Anyway, black matches most of my handbags nicely.

Maudi Mon 13-Jun-22 15:21:49

The new passports are dark blue perhaps the op needs her eyes tested. I've just checked mine.

elleks Mon 13-Jun-22 15:21:06

Esspee

I have just seen another comment on twitter from someone expecting the arrival of their new blue passport.
Do most people expect a blue passport now we are not in the EU?
Sorry to disillusion you but British passports are now black like the souls of the PM and the Conservative party.

Thank you! I told my SIL that my new one was black-she kept insisting it was dark blue!

Urmstongran Mon 13-Jun-22 15:18:36

I don’t think the colour matters but it is nice that newly issued ones now say ‘British Passport’ not ‘EU’. Well, to some.
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Petera Mon 13-Jun-22 15:17:54

Esspee

Well mine is most certainly not blue Petera.

It has just occurred to me, perhaps Scots are being given black ones to distinguish them from saltire blue ones to be issued after independence.

I honestly have no idea what colour they are, or are supposed to be. But the government and the Brexiles seem to care about this stuff.

The Home Office webpage was the usual farage farago of fact and insinuation. Anyone reading it casually would assume that we were forced to change the design and the colour when we entered the EU whereas in fact we just chose to.