We're lost if even the @guardian begins repeating Brexiteer propaganda as the truth. So much of this "blue passport" story is complete twaddle. 1/ #FBPE theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
The underlying drive to common passport formats comes from the International Civil Aviation Organization, not the EU. 2/ #FBPE en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-r…
The EU has a common format, but it was adopted by recommendation & consensus, not directive. The UK was always free to have a different format & indeed does: along with Ireland, a UK biometric passport does not contain fingerprint info. 3/ #FBPE en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric…
And as for the burgundy colour, derided by Tory nationalists as "pink", that's optional too: Croatia is an EU country & has a dark blue biometric passport. /4 #FBPE en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_…
On top of which, the older UK hardback format (which won't be allowed by ICAO rules, not EU) was only introduced in the 20s & was blue-black, not the much lighter blue being shown in news pix. /5 #FBPE bbc.co.uk/news/uk-110877…
And as well as repeating this kind of hysterically bilious, nationalist garbage from a Tory nutjob, how about some comments from the majority of us who simply couldn't care less what colour our passport is? /6 #FBPE 
The humiliation will come from realising that this new "patriotic passport" represents a citizenship that is more isolated, reactionary, & racist, & with fewer rights, privileges, & freedoms than before. /7 #FBPE
All so, at best, a few old white men can stand astride their toy train sets & declare themselves masters of a fantasy empire, & at worst, so they can rip off the country with their billionaire media owner friends & neoliberal vulture mates. /8 #FBPE
It's this kind of idiotic jingoistic demagoguery that increases the chances of autocracy & nationalism leading to fascism & war, exactly what the EU was established for, to prevent happening again. That's why I'm proud of my EU passport, regardless of the bloody colour. 9/9 #FBPE
