Farce beyond farce.
Ironically, I've always viewed the red ones as more imperial...
The new UK passport to be issued after Brexit will be made in France, the current British manufacturer has said. The burgundy passport, in use since 1988, will revert to its original blue and gold colour from October 2019.
The boss of UK supplier De La Rue said it would appeal against the decision to award the £490m contract to Franco-Dutch firm Gemalto. The Home Office said a winning bid had been chosen but it was up to the supplier to announce the news. De la Rue's shares closed nearly 6% lower on Thursday.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43489462
Heh. plus.google.com - These new British passports look nice.
ReplyDeleteAt least you got European passports - even if only imported ones.
ReplyDeleteIn Estonia, there was a bit of a scandal when passports went from blue to the EU's bordeaux, because a bunch of people complained that it looked unpleasantly similar to the red covers of Soviet Union's internal passports, which were considered by many a symbol of the Soviet occupation.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine Andres Soolo . Understandably the reactions are according to which side the people identify with. Britons used to be the occupiers. Estonians used to be the occupied.
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