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British Passports Could Reportedly Be Blue Again After Brexit, But Not Everyone Is Happy

Apparently they’ll only set the UK back a mere £500 million.

The UK could be set to return to navy blue passports following Brexit, it has been reported - but not everyone seems convinced this is an entirely justified priority.

The Sunday Express claimed that a £490 million contract for the redesign of the passports has been put out for tender.

The current contract is set to expire in 2019 - the year the UK will finally leave the EU.

Apparently burgundy passports are a 'source of national humiliation'
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Apparently burgundy passports are a 'source of national humiliation'

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell, chairman of the Flags and Heraldry Committee, told the Sunday Express that the burgundy passports were a "source of national humiliation".

Meanwhile his fellow Tory Peter Bone told the Sun: "Having got back our national independence, we can express that by having our own passports again."

The reaction on social media, however, was less than impressed...