'Leaving the EU gives us a unique opportunity to restore our national identity and forge a new path for ourselves in the world,' said Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis. 'That 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.' (From the Telegraph article linked in post #1.)
No surprises that the above quote from the expensive Tory member for Great Yarmouth is so much nationalist flimflammery. Turns out that, after all, we could have had a blue one all the time:
'There is no Brussels regulation which states that EU countries' passports have to be a certain colour, simply a legally non-binding European Council resolution from 1981 which recommends burgundy red.'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468938