Who cares what colour their passport is?

I've just read that we could have changed the colour of our passports any time we wanted. We didn't need to have a burgundy one. Croatia has a black one. But nobody cared much about what colour their passport was until now. Suddenly it is imperative that we spend millions on changing the colour.

Apparently it will cost £493m to change the contract for blue passports.

That presumably is to point up the difference between an EU passport though ( changing colour) as that was the reason we had to change our British passports to the EU ones in the first place.It would be too confusing to have a colour that looked identical.

I think it would be very amusing to have the same colour...

What we will never get back is those imposing great dark blue stiff card covered passports. We'll just have little plastic covered ones like now..

Which would you rather the money was spent on, changing the colour of the passport, or giving housing benefit to 18-21 year olds? That's a question asked this morning.
Haven't had a passport for over ten years, so I'm not bothered.

Changing the passports of course, dj. Can't give it to all those feckless young scroungers who ought to have jobs and not be sponging on the state...

Sorry, Maizie, slow tonight, Aren't I? Should have realised.

Because of the need for security, there are very few suppliers of the materials for and printing of passports. I think that there are only four colours available for the covers: black, blue, green and red. Whatever colour the UK decides, it will not be unique in the world.

You may have more to worry about than the colour of your passports.

inews.co.uk/essentials/news/politics/brexit-stop-flights-uk-months-warns-ryanair-boss/

I preferred the old blue one but as long as I have one I don't mind too much. I have a cover for mine and that is blue, so I have the best of both worlds.The thing I complain about is the price of renewing a passport. I know you are entitled to a free one but you have to have been born in or before 1926 to qualify for that.

I read that some Brexiteers were getting their knickers in a twist about it as its about the only tangible thing about Brexit changes they can crow about ( even though most people don't care Ditto: Gibralter)

He did explain all this before the vote when he was on the Questiontime Panel. I was never a fan of his but I thought he spoke well that night on several issues. It is all to do with theOpen Skies agreement. He explained at the time that for a while ne was unable to fly from UK to EU And could only operate to and from Dublin. Then the agreement was reached with UK/EU.
British Airways are also facing problems and have been warned they will need to open a Head Office in the EU to operate across country flights. It may also affect their other flights due to flying over EU airspace.
Easyjet have an owner who has duel UK and Cypriot nationality so he says he is looking at opening another base. This will all affect UK jobs - just another fallout from the vote.

Dual - not duel!!! IPad thinks it knows best!

Surely Welshwife* there'll need to be EU airline offices opened in the UK? More jobs for everyone!

(I'd like a nice classy dark blue passport cover please. With a high class British standard on the front!)

I think it is brilliant to have the dark blue passport back...

The blue passport will be a statement that the UK is an independent country again. I'm amazed at the number of grans on here who seem to be happy that their country has been 'ruled' by another for over 40 years. I'm delaying renewing my expired passport until I can get a blue one.

All I mind about is that they don't spend unnecessary money changing things. A passport is a passport. It does worry me that someone didn't do a good enough job learning colours when he was at primary school.

I have had both but don't care what colour it is. I have just applied for a new one and am waiting for it to be sent back. I then thought Inwouldnt have to worry about my passport again for another 10 years. They better not expect me to change it again any sooner

The contract for producing passports is up in 2019, so there would be an expense in renewing it anyway. It does seem an appropriate time to look at changing the design. I would like one in EU blue with a black border...

Trust a man to think they are pink, they are dark red, probably thought it was an affront to his manhood.

I liked the old ones they seemed more substantial but it doesn't matter to me at all..I wish the photos didn't have to be so harsh, I am surprised anyone is allowed in anywhere with the 'axe murderer' mug shots we have to have.

@quizqueen A number of grans on here just aren't gullible enough to believe that their country has been 'ruled' by another unspecified entity for 40 years.

I checked and I didn't care.. Burgundy..sky blue pink with dots on..just as long as it gets me to the sunshine I'm a happy passport holder. My husband has the ability to tan whilst sitting under a 30 watt light bulb so after a holiday anywhere sunny he always gets extra special attention from the border control...

Not really bothered about what colour my passport cover is or isn't - what annoys me is having to buy a separate child passport that only lasts 5 years. Just renewing my grandchildrens passports and the two younger ones have a picture of them as babies! How anyone would recognise them now I don't know. If they stick with the 5 years limit then subsequent passports up to 15 should be free or just have a small (under £20) admin fee. Any child under 5 should be allowed to travel on their parents passports.

quizqueen - echo your sentiments completely!