Brexit, the moment Britain decided to redesign itself.
And now, we're about to resdesign something else it would seem... our passports.
The old traditional blue passports could be making a return as part of a £500m change for the book that allows us to travel.
Ever since the UK decided to quit the EU last June, there have been some calls for the old navy documents to return.
And now the government have listened (a first time for everything), and put the multi-million-pound contract out to tender for the 'design, production and personalisation of the UK passport' after 2019.
2019, of course, the year that Britain officially will leave the EU with negotiations started by Theresa May last week.
With that letter, triggering Article 50, and starting the process for the UK to begin Brexit, come uncertain times - and our LADbible community were unsure what to make of it.
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The blue passports, if they return, would feature for the first time since 1988 when the more brown/burgundy/faint-reddish colour came in.
The conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, chairman of the flags and heraldry committee (sounds, erm, fascinating) told the Sunday Express: "It's a matter of identity. Having the pink European passports has been a source of humiliation. It merged us into one European identity, which isn't what we are."
Wonder what side of the leave/remain campaign he sat on?
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He continued: The old dark blue design was a distinct, clear and bold statement of what it means to be British, which is just what our citizens need as they travel abroad after Brexit."
Credit: PA
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Paul Nuttall, the UKIP leader, also had his say claiming that it is "great news" and that by "getting rid of the burgundy passports" it will be a "clear sign we have finally got our country back."
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A Home Office spokesman said: "We are launching the procurement process now to ensure there is sufficient time to produce and design UK passports from 2019 when the current contract ends.
"The timing of any potential changes to the passport after the UK has left the EU has not been set."
The burgundy passports came into effect in 1981 as members in Brussel's decided that the 'new style' should be implemented within four years of joining.
Britain resisted until 1988, and back then caused uproar as the change cost the taxpayer £1.5m... a mere scratch on the £500m.
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It's weird to think that some passports can actually have more influence than others. Right now, the Germans hold the 'strongest' passport in the world, while Afghanistan languish at the other end of the scale. It will be interesting to see where Britain, currently 10th, shifts to once Brexit has finished.
Likewise, will we have to get new passport photos, and awkwardly sit in that booth while we squander a fiver to not smile? This poor bloke certainly hopes not...
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