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TicoTorres said:
Seriously....why? What's the tossing point in this shit that people are dreaming up?

Suppose we've got to spend that £350m on something but why not something useful instead of this bollix?
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because all the current ones say European union on the front so they need to be redone. blue is the traditional colour.
 
Narraback said:
They were black weren't they?
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Not got a scoobies. I'm sure someone from the olden days can come and remind us about the good old days of blue/black passports, rationing and the National Front.

Rule Britannia.

PhilSAFC said:
because all the current ones say European union on the front so they need to be redone. blue is the traditional colour.
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It's really not something that anyone should be worrying themselves about. Is this what they sit and do in their Brexit office? Still not sorted the deal, let's pander to the dummies and make our passports blue again :rolleyes:
 
They were black.
My first 10 year one was back in the late 70's.

Before that I got a couple of the yearly ones from the Post Office.:cool:
 
TicoTorres said:
Seriously....why? What's the tossing point in this shit that people are dreaming up?

Suppose we've got to spend that £350m on something but why not something useful instead of this bollix?
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.. Agree, just replace the EU shite with the Union Flag for new passports.. Not worth spending a fortune on a new design, even if they change the colour ..
 
andyj73 said:
.. Agree, just replace the EU shite with the Union Flag for new passports.. Not worth spending a fortune on a new design, even if they change the colour ..
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This occurs every 10 years anyway which is why it is one of the most secure documents in the world. It's only news because they're now going to remove all reference to the EU
 
It amuses me that people actually care what colour their passport is. Go on ebay and buy a passport cover.

The 500mil quote has always been thus regardless of the colour of the passport. The british government pay a company a set amount to make our passports and that company makes a huge sums of money and every 5 yrs that contract goes out to tender.
 
Mallard said:
The 500mil quote has always been thus regardless of the colour of the passport. The british government pay a company a set amount to make our passports and that company makes a huge sums of money and every 5 yrs that contract goes out to tender.
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Exactly.

It shouldn't make the slightest difference what the colour is - it won't cost any more or less than any of the other design changes they've made over the last two decades.

All that'll happen is, after the date they decide to change the design, is there'll be a transition period where both types are valid before the blue ones eventually become the norm.

That's what happened when we switched to the EU ones.
 
I suspect this is the sort of thing that gladdens the heart of the likes of Jacob Rees Mogg, Michael Howard and the like. Most people don't care what colour it is as long as it does the job.
 
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