{"id":59908,"date":"2017-12-23T16:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T21:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/guy-verhofstadt-shoots-down-nigel-farages-blue-passport-joy-in-one-tweet\/"},"modified":"2017-12-23T16:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T21:15:25","slug":"guy-verhofstadt-shoots-down-nigel-farages-blue-passport-joy-in-one-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/guy-verhofstadt-shoots-down-nigel-farages-blue-passport-joy-in-one-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#8217;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#8217;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/eu\/\">European Union<\/a>\u2019s chief <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/brexit\/\">Brexit<\/a> negotiator has rained all over the blue passport parade by pointing out the colour of the UK\u2019s travel documentation was our own choice all along.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/theresa-may\/\">PM<\/a> and many Brexiteers yesterday hailed the change was a victory for British sovereignty with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/nigel-farage\/\">Nigel Farage<\/a> describing it as a step towards \u201cbecoming a proper country again\u201d.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the 2016 referendum, we wanted our passports back. Now we&#8217;ve got them back!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9cS8TMzX9k\">pic.twitter.com\/9cS8TMzX9k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/944101462044315648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>But there is one slight issue as Guy Verhofstadt pointed out on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no EU legislation dictating passport colour. The UK could have had any passport colour it wanted and stay in the EU <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkQX0T0F2Q\">t.co\/bkQX0T0F2Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guyverhofstadt\/status\/944475267111833600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The EU issued guidance for member states\u2019 passports in 1981 an effort to standardise official documents across the continent but this is guidance, not an obligation.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning while most EU countries have burgundy passports &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecernji.hr\/vijesti\/sve-eu-putovnice-su-crvene-samo-nasa-ostaje-plava-1020012\" target=\"_blank\">Croatia still proudly issues blue ones.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brexit is going super well, we&#8217;ve now wrestled back control of something that we controlled anyway. That&#8217;ll show the world what we&#8217;re made of!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joto (@ABigDisgrace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABigDisgrace\/status\/944476684023103488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Verhofstadt later cheekily rubbed it in a little more with another suggestion.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we had known in advance that blue was so important to the UK, we could simply have replaced our passports by this one  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fnUiLowyq7\">pic.twitter.com\/fnUiLowyq7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guyverhofstadt\/status\/944651814292672513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Which went down well.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Those passports are defaced with a euphemism for Greater Germany;  &#8220;European Union&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ernie X (@Ernie_X_Tweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ernie_X_Tweets\/status\/944657529778384897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re just being silly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remainy McRemainface (@DixieRose100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DixieRose100\/status\/944659070648283136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The awkward revelation will likely do little to dampen the spirits of those who back blue passports, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/pro-blue-passport-comments_uk_5a3e5996e4b025f99e175c66\">some of whom celebrated in sensational style<\/a> in the comments section of some of the newspapers that backed the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>I&#8217;ve always felt a sense of shame on having to have an EU passport it made me feel like a state member and not a free <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in a sovereign nation.<\/span><span>The hairy bag, Mail Online commenter<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span>We can have burgundy passport burning ceremonies.<\/span><span>V Bale, Mail Online commenter<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year it was revealed that the only thing Leave voters wanted more from Brexit than blue passports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeTwyman\/status\/847017907800412160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk%2Fentry%2Fleave-voters-brexit-day_uk_58db873be4b0cb23e65ccbd2\">was the death penalty.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other items on the wish-list included the right to beat children, inefficient lighting and an impractical measurements system.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When Britain leaves the EU what should the government look to bring back? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YouGov<\/a> provided the list and this is what we found. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrexitDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrexitDay<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uL1jX2PzT1\">pic.twitter.com\/uL1jX2PzT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Twyman (@JoeTwyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeTwyman\/status\/847017907800412160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>As well as the choice being ours all along, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/blue-passports-facts_uk_5a3cc0d6e4b06d1621b36718\">there are a number of other things celebrating Brexiteers should know<\/a> such as those living in areas which voted to Leave the EU are more likely to be without a passport than those in Remain voting areas.<\/p>\n<p>In an analysis of constituencies,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1ce1a720-ce94-3c32-a689-8d2356388a1f\" target=\"_blank\">the Financial Times found:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAfter education and occupation, the share of people not holding a passport was the next most strongly correlated characteristic with the Leave vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This year, I treated patients with diabetes who couldn\u2019t afford to eat &#038;  little kids with physical symptoms of anxiety due to parents being detained at immigration centres. But yeah, blue passports. Whatever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellie (@ellie_or_not) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellie_or_not\/status\/944652940610080768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new design, which will no longer include the European Union insignia, will replace the burgundy cover that has been a feature of the UK passport since the 1980s once Britain leaves the EU in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis said the new passport will be the \u201cmost high-tech and secure we have ever seen\u201d, making it more resistant to fraud and forgery.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we announced the return of the blue <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/British?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#British<\/a> passport after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brexit?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Brexit<\/a>. Watch how our passport has changed over the last 600 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XgYbUBogwV\">t.co\/XgYbUBogwV<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iwPiGdS3AQ\">pic.twitter.com\/iwPiGdS3AQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukhomeoffice\/status\/944107754083434498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lewis said: \u201cLeaving the EU gives us a unique opportunity to restore our national identity and forge a new path for ourselves in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I am delighted to announce that the British passport will be returning to the iconic blue and gold design after we have left the European Union in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will also be one of the most secure travel documents in the world, with a raft of new security measures to protect against fraud and forgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new blue and gold design will then be issued to people renewing or applying for a new passport.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This may seem like a lazy ad hominem on the surface but when you consider the inherent vacuity of the &#8216; blue passports are significant&#8217; argument it really is the only response they&#8217;ve got. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3S0uUehfN\">pic.twitter.com\/L3S0uUehfN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham Lithgow (@grahamlithgow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grahamlithgow\/status\/944578474651602944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blue was first used for the cover of the British passport in 1921, but the design changed in 1988 after the UK joined the European Economic Community and burgundy was chosen as the common colour.<\/p>\n<p>Among the new design features will be a new picture page made of a \u201csuper-strength plastic polycarbonate material that will be more difficult to alter\u201d, the Home Office said.<\/p>\n<p>British passport holders do not need to do anything until their renewal date.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/guy-verhofstadt-blue-passports_uk_5a3eb62ce4b0b0e5a7a28a80\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/guy-verhofstadt-blue-passports_uk_5a3eb62ce4b0b0e5a7a28a80<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#8217;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet The European Union\u2019s chief Brexit negotiator has rained all over the blue passport parade by pointing out the colour of the UK\u2019s travel documentation was our own choice all along. The PM and many Brexiteers yesterday hailed the change was a victory for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/guy-verhofstadt-shoots-down-nigel-farages-blue-passport-joy-in-one-tweet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#8217;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#039;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/guy-verhofstadt-shoots-down-nigel-farages-blue-passport-joy-in-one-tweet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#039;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guy Verhofstadt Shoots Down Nigel Farage&#8217;s Blue Passport Joy In One Tweet The European Union\u2019s chief Brexit negotiator has rained all over the blue passport parade by pointing out the colour of the UK\u2019s travel documentation was our own choice all along. 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