The Sun newspaper has described it as a “stunning Brexit victory for The Sun.”
Seriously. They also described the blue passports as “iconic,” God love them.
Since the United Kingdom decided to leave the EU in June 2016, the whole thing has been a bit of an unmitigated disaster. David Cameron has resigned, Theresa May’s majority in government has been cut to ribbons, there are constant disputes over what’s going to happen with Northern Ireland, and the pound is significantly weaker than it was before the Brexit referendum.
However, some hardline leavers are now celebrating a major win over the EU. British citizens are set to get their blue passports back, rather than using the boring old burgundy ones that are used by the rest of the EU.
Needless to say, Twitter has torn strips off anyone celebrating this totally nonsense “victory” and pointed out that while the passport may be blue, it’s nowhere near as useful as having, well, an EU passport.
https://twitter.com/GordonMcKee_/status/943976727717580803
https://twitter.com/MattKamen/status/943972160942624771
Seriously. This blue passport thing – none of us Remainers thought it was real. We thought it was the most absurd thing some random brexiter has said, that we could use to take the piss out of other Brexiters. But no. It’s real. The UK is a joke. https://t.co/oOazC4yZg7
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) December 21, 2017
“You can have a maroon passport that allows you to travel freely across 28 countries, or a blue one which allows you to travel freely through one. Which do you prefer?”
The fool: “Blue one, please”— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 22, 2017
There’s one glaring issue with this so-called “victory”. Some commentators have pointed out that the burgundy colour of most EU passports is not even mandated by the EU. For example, Croatia currently issues blue passports.
Passport size and design is fixed by the ICAO (int civil aviation auth) which has nothing to do with the EU. EU member states aren't obliged to have burgundy passports. Croatia for example has a dark blue passport. The passport thing is a hunt of a snark. https://t.co/IlfRaqU2yF
— Otto English (@Otto_English) December 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/remittancegirl/status/944101946960568320
