John Lennon demands a return to the Great British blue passport in the Sun
“TIME to bing back the Great British passport,” demands the Sun. It’s front-page news. The paper says the blue passport is a “symbol of the UK regaining sovereignty from the EU”.
We want a pledge from No10 to reintroduce the true blue, ditched in 1988 for an EU-approved burgundy passport.
Tory MP Andrew Rosindell adds: “It’s a matter of identity. Having the pink European passports has been a humiliation.”
Liz Hurley – using her Britishness to build a career as a stereotypical British woman on American telly
It’s burgundy, Andrew. Your old analogue driving licence was pink. Colour matters. Your passport is a fashion choice. Don’t believe us – believe actress Liz Hurley, then, who when not using the Union flag as a merkin, is saying things like:
“I yearn for the days when my (gorgeous navy blue) passport got stamped when I went anywhere in Europe and I loved puzzling over fistfuls of Italian lire, French francs and Deutschmarks. It was glamorous and exciting.”
The Sun shows us John Lennon’s old British passport. It was blue. Did Lennon go for the pink one? No. Granted, he was dead before it was introduced. Yes, he did chose in live in America. But the Sun has made it’s point – the pink one is not what the resting Beatle would have wanted. “Imagine,” says Lennon, “there are no countries… that don’t show due respect to the Great British Blue passport.”
Imagine…
Posted: 2nd, August 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
