Blue passport disgrace latest

It seems we are to get blue passports from next month says el Grud. The resultant controversy rasies as an issue one of the most puzzling bits of Remanierism -- why are blue passports hated exactly? Not the royal coat of arms nor the pompous request that HM subjects not be impeded, but a blue cover

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I suppose P Patel could not resist kicking the wasps' nest:

 Patel said: “Leaving the European Union gave us a unique opportunity to restore our national identity and forge a new path in the world. By returning to the iconic blue and gold design, the British passport will once again be entwined with our national identity [how exactly?] and I cannot wait to travel on one.”

Sure as clickbaits attract clicks:

pro-European campaigners and nationalist politicians in Northern Ireland predicted the new passports would result in Britons entering the slow lane at airports and ports throughout the EU....Edward McMillan-Scott, the [European Movement's] patron and an MEP for 30 years, said the blue passport would be seen as offensive to many Europeans [worse than your mother smelling of artichokes?] ...“It will be seen as a symbol of the attitude prevailing in the Conservative party towards the rest of Europe that is isolationist, ignorant and self-destructive,” he said....Without doubt this marking out of British passport holders by having another colour will make life uncomfortable, especially for the millions travelling to the EU.”...

“When I was an MEP, I remember being given a special blue pass that was meant to make it easier for me to pass through border checks on my way to Brussels and Strasbourg. It was more hassle than it was worth because some border officials weren’t sure what the document was and we got held up with endless checks.

So there must have been some anti blue thing going on for some time?

Claire Hanna, the pro-European Social Democratic and Labour MP for Belfast South, said: “The fact that this is being lauded as a big win sums up Brexit. The colour changes but the opportunity and potential has been restricted. In this case, blue will represent economic harm and limited horizons for the passport holder, and that is a crying shame.”

I think the whole issue sums up Remain -- some massive symbolic importance is being given to something in a way which seems to awaken all sorts of fears of poor, 'second-class'  treatment and sneering Euro contempt. It all makes a lot of sense to the npb but to no-one else.