” removed from the front cover despite Brexit being delayed and its political leaders deadlocked over how to extricate the country from the bloc.
But with EU heads growing increasingly impatient at the political paralysis in Westminster, they could offer just a shorter postponement or a longer period of up to a year.May is trying to break the parliamentary gridlock by striking a compromise deal with the main Labour opposition. It said the discrepancy was due to an attempt to save public money and insisted both designs would be “equally valid for travel”.
The travel documents had dark blue covers from 1921, but Britain switched to burgundy from 1988, in common with other passports in what was then the European Community. The new production contract is to begin in October 2019, with the passports currently being issued without reference to the EU on them still in the burgundy colour.Many of May’s Conservative colleagues are vociferously opposed to her outreach to Labour, while hardline Brexiteers remain implacably opposed to her deal.