Britain's next big choice: What colour should our passports be???

[smurfy]

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A few weeks ago The Sun launched a major campaign to end homelessness and child poverty hahahaha jk, it launched a campaign to change the colour of the British passport from burgundy to blue because freedom

[url]https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1537388/its-time-to-bring-back-the-famous-dark-blue-uk-passport-as-a-symbol-of-our-independence-after-brexit/[/url]
[quote]THE Sun is calling on the Government to bring back our famous dark blue passport — as a symbol of the UK regaining sovereignty from the EU.

We want a pledge from No10 to reintroduce the true blue, ditched in 1988 for an EU-approved burgundy passport.

Patriotic MPs are rallying to our campaign for the rebirth of the dark blue UK passport — to show our pride at being a fully independent nation again.

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “A country’s passport is a symbol of its sovereignty.

“As we get our sovereignty back, I’m looking forward to getting my British passport back too.”[/quote]

Sun reporters have been [url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1556587/we-took-our-blue-passport-campaign-to-westminster-and-got-your-stamp-of-approval/]walking around Westminster with a giant blue passport[/url] to try to drum up support for this top issue of our time

[t]http://i.imgur.com/O3tIJ6l.jpg[/t]

And now everyone's on it - the latest breaking news:

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-blue-passport-bring-back-home-office-eu-a7249361.html[/url]
[quote]The Home Office has hinted that old-style blue British passports could make a comeback if the UK leaves the European Union.

The colour of UK citizens’ travel documents has been the subject of intense debate since the country voted for Brexit on 23 June.

Responding to a written question from Conservative MP Julian Knight the Home Office said it was looking into alternative designs for the passport after it is no longer required to be red in line with other EU countries.

Home Office minister Robert Goodwill said: "We are considering potential changes to the UK passport after the UK has left the European Union.[/quote]

[url]http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/british-passports-could-change-back-to-navy-blue-colour-after-brexit-vote-a3344371.html[/url]
[quote]Since the referendum result in June, the colour of UK passports has been the centre of intense debate over what best “represents” the country.

In the last days of the Brexit campaign, UKIP leader Nigel Farage used his passport as a prop while arguing for the UK to leave the EU, saying: “This should be a British passport; it says ‘European Union’ on it.”[/quote]

For reference, here's what the current British passport looks like

[t]http://i.imgur.com/v645R7m.jpg[/t]

[bitches]

a certain scene from the animated Anastasia film comes to mind

[Sableye]

i always thought they were red like the coats

[bitches]

funny that for being so strong about leaving the EU they want to adopt the EU color

[Snowmew]

Never actually knew the EU required red passports...

The gold on blue looks better imo. Gives it some more contrast. I mean, I doubt it's going to cost a ton of money or anything to change the color, so big deal.

[kidwithsword]

[QUOTE=bitches;51051011]funny that for being so strong about leaving the EU they want to adopt the EU color[/QUOTE]

Does the EU have a monopoly on the color blue?

[bitches]

[QUOTE=kidwithsword;51051057]Does the EU have a monopoly on the color blue?[/QUOTE]

the idea is to change the color to contrast themselves from the EU due to their disdain for the EU

remodeling after the EU flag's colors is a little ironic

this has nothing to do with monopolies or trademarks

[Sobotnik]

whats so humiliating about having a passport being a reddish colour instead of blue

[Thomo_UK]

I dunno I think they should just leave the colour as it is, most countries passports are the same colour it seems.

[Complifusedv2]

The blue ones are pretty cool

[Vasili]

[QUOTE=bitches;51051064]the idea is to change the color to contrast themselves from the EU due to their disdain for the EU

remodeling after the EU flag's colors is a little ironic

this has nothing to do with monopolies or trademarks[/QUOTE]

Did you read the article? Blue was the original colour of the UK passport.

[bitches]

[QUOTE=Vasili;51051303]Did you read the article? Blue was the original colour of the UK passport.[/QUOTE]

i didn't claim that they were [I]trying[/I] to look like the EU flag

i'm just enjoying the irony of it

[Amber902]

So they're trying to copy the color of the US passport essentially?

[Funktastic Dog]

[QUOTE=Kyle902;51051322]So they're trying to copy the color of the US passport essentially?[/QUOTE]

This is why Americans get mocked, because they so often think of themselves as the centre of the world.

77 countries other than the US use blue passports. It is by far the most common colour for passports.

[Thomo_UK]

[QUOTE=Kyle902;51051322]So they're trying to copy the color of the US passport essentially?[/QUOTE]

Not really.

[t]http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/a72aadccaf6047b399e8b1981d274546/old-expired-pre-european-union-british-passport-fehbm3.jpg[/t]

From looking at pictures of older US passports, they were black in colour.

[smurfy]

The most ironic thing of all

[media]https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/775803032848240640[/media]

[Tools]

Make it transparent, fitting to those who voted Brexit

[Flapadar]

What's the point in having passports, we'll soon need a visa to travel anywhere interesting thanks to brexit

[Omilinon 👻]

I like the red color a lot actually. Fits nicely with the gold accents.

[Mythman]

[QUOTE=Flapadar;51051888]What's the point in having passports, we'll soon need a visa to travel anywhere interesting thanks to brexit[/QUOTE]

Why do people keep thinking this? Even Americans don't need a visa to go on holiday in Europe. Why would we suddenly need one?

[SirJon]

[QUOTE=Omilinon;51051941]I like the red color a lot actually. Fits nicely with the gold accents.[/QUOTE]

It looks posh as fuck to be honest yeah

[Thomo_UK]

[QUOTE=Flapadar;51051888]What's the point in having passports, we'll soon need a visa to travel anywhere interesting thanks to brexit[/QUOTE]

Except, you wont?

[skoinks]

[QUOTE=smurfy;51051431]The most ironic thing of all

[media]https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/775803032848240640[/media][/QUOTE]

That's a right fucking piece of banter.

[AK'z]

the red is great... but these imbeciles will change it.
dark blue looks stale and dull

[Halite]

Dark green maybe?
[T]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71184478/ShareX/2016/09/Photoshop_2016-09-14_23-37-29.png[/T]

[Source]

Rainbow passports when?

[Loli Lover]

[QUOTE=shadowboy303;51052211]Dark green maybe?
[T]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71184478/ShareX/2016/09/Photoshop_2016-09-14_23-37-29.png[/T][/QUOTE]

Make it Lime Green and the rest Hot Pink

[Shwoop]

[img]http://www.cic.gc.ca/images/features/passport.jpg[/img]

Alternatively, anybody who seeks a blue passport could move to Canada.

They also do cool magic tricks.

[img]http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/new-canadian-passport-uv-light-images-3.jpg[/img]

[URL="http://imgur.com/gallery/3u8xP"](If you wanna see more cool passport magic tricks)[/URL]

[MadBomber]

Why even bother changing it, theyre fine as it is and its not like theyre somthing you have to look at yourself ALL the time

[DogGunn]

[QUOTE=MadBomber;51052338]Why even bother changing it, theyre fine as it is and its not like theyre somthing you have to look at yourself ALL the time[/QUOTE]

NATIONAL PRIDE M8
All the countries you'll now have to enter into visa the non-EU slow line. NATIONALPRIDE