Passport to Europe

A proper passport

It was bad enough when they scrapped proper British passports for those nasty little maroon ones. Now we have this from the Foreign Office, courtesy of the EU Department for National Extinction that plans to remove the Queen and the coat of arms from passports as well (emphasis added):

The new documents, which could be in place as early as 2010, would bear reference to the EU constitution in order to remind UK citizens that they are part of Europe.

The royal coat of arms may be removed from the UK passport. The first page of the British passport has historically featured the royal coat of arms with a message from the Queen beginning: "Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State".

The words go on to outline that the citizen has a right to travel freely and has the right to protection and assistance.

Under new changes, however, it has been suggested that the coat of arms are scrapped and replaced by the EU emblem of 12 stars with the message underneath reading: "Every citizen of the Union".

The new version has been taken from Article 20 of the EU Constitution, the treaty that was discredited two years ago after it was rejected by member states including France and the Netherlands.

Let's hope that this idea is binned with all the scorn it deserves. It's bad enough that the EU would try to shove a rejected constitution in on the sly, but if Her Majesty's government commits such a blatant act of disloyalty against the Crown and the British people to kowtow to a load of Eurocrats, it would be nothing less than treasonous.