Politics UK
Britain’s Blue Passports: Everything You Need to Know – TLDR News
Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews
Discord: https://discord.gg/BMrk6MC
Follow TLDR on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tldrnewsuk
In March the UK is set to start rolling out their new blue passports. These new design passports hark back to 1921 blue passports Britain held until the 80s when the colour changed to burgundy to unify with other EU nations. In this video we tell you all you need to know about the new blue passports and answer your questions from Instagram.
Follow TLDR on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tldrnewsuk
Follow TLDR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tldrnewsuk
Follow TLDR on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tldrnewsuk
TLDR TeeSpring Store: https://teespring.com/stores/tldr-winter
TLDR Pin Badges: https://tldrnews.co.uk/store
Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews
Learn About Our Funding: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding
Donate by PayPal: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding
TLDR is all about getting you up to date with the news of today, without bias and without filter. We want to give you the information you need, so you can make your own decision.
TLDR is a super small company, run by a few people with the help of some amazing volunteers. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, following and backing on Patreon. Thanks!
source
Order a copy of our magazine Too Long: https://toolong.news/TL008
With young people finding it harder to find jobs, a recent report suggest that more than 1.2 million young people will be out of work in the next five years if action is not taken soon. In this video, we’re taking a look at this crisis, how we got here, and how it’s affecting the economy.
📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/
🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party
📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
Sources:
FT UK Risks Lost Generation Without More Jobs for Young People
https://www.ft.com/content/4c09b20f-11df-420e-be47-ce7dfea6efac?syn-25a6b1a6=1
BBC News One in Six Young People Will Not Be in Work or Training in Five Years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy026x9jpd0o
FT Five University Leavers on What it Really Takes to Land a Graduate Job
https://www.ft.com/content/16e2d97b-29e0-4a16-805e-f79ec2b15a5f
The Guardian Number of Young People out of Work or Training Could Hit 1.25 Million
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/27/neets-could-hit-125m-by-early-2030s-milburn-review-young-people-employment-uk
Gov UK Young People and Work: Interim Report
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/young-people-and-work-interim-report/young-people-and-work-interim-report#chapter-7-the-architecture–a-system-in-name-not-in-design
One Million Futures Youth Unemployment is an Existential Crisis
https://onemillionfutures.substack.com/p/youth-unemployment-is-an-existential-crisis
The Telegraph Youth Unemployment Crisis Now Worse than Spain’s and Greece’s
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/career-advice/britains-youth-unemployment-problem-worse-than-greece-spain/
Guardian News Alan Milburn Address
BBC News Opportunities Shrinking for Too Many Young People
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy026x9jpd0o
0:00 – Introduction
1:22 – How Bad is the Crisis?
5:33 – Cost of the Crisis
7:21 – Too Long
source
Order a copy of our magazine Too Long: https://toolong.news/TL008
In this video, we thought we’d try our best to figure out why support for Scottish independence is quietly but steadily ticking up; and whether this could actually lead to the break up of the UK.
📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/
🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party
📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
0:00 Why is Support for Scottish Independence Rising?
6:59 Sponsor
source
Take back your privacy- start using Proton Mail for free: http://proton.me/tldr
As the Tories were voted out of office nearly two years ago, there was a sense of optimism of change that Labour could delivery. But, with yet another scandal on Starmer’s doorstep, we’re taking a look at whether Britain has become ungovernable and if so, why.
📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/
🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party
📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
Sam Freedman Why Do Prime Ministers Keep Failing
https://samf.substack.com/p/why-do-prime-ministers-keep-failing
Simon Nixon Very British Problems, Ungovernable Britain
https://nixons.substack.com/p/very-british-problems
The Guardian The Ungovernable Country?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/the-ungovernable-country-why-britain-keeps-losing-prime-ministers
BBC News Is It Harder than Ever to be the Prime Minister
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjpe7q0j1xo
CNN Is Britain Ungovernable
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/16/uk/uk-government-prime-minister-leadership-starmer-ungovernable-latam-intl
New Statesman Has Britain become an Ungovernable Country
https://www.newstatesman.com/editors-note/2026/05/has-britain-become-an-ungovernable-country
Institute for Government Is the UK Ungovernable
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/is-uk-ungovernable
YouGov Public Services Polling
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/50820-britons-say-public-services-are-bad-but-they-arent-willing-to-pay-more-to-fix-them
YouGov Cost of Living Polling
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/48815-voters-want-cost-of-living-assistance-more-than-increased-funding-for-public-services
00:00 – Introduction
02:20 – Structural Factors
05:19 – Bad PMs
07:10 – Proton Mail
source
Take back your privacy- start using Proton Mail for free: http://proton.me/tldr
With a by-election set to be held in a Manchester constituency, the path towards Andy Burnham being able to challenge Keir Starmer has opened up and it’s now looking more likely that he becomes the next Prime Minister. So is this now inevitable?
📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/
🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party
📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
source
Subscribe to Too Long: https://toolong.news/
Learn More About TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/party
What’s the Big Deal with Greenland Documentary: https://toolong.news/pages/whats-the-big-deal-with-greenland
The last few days have been particularly turbulent for Keir Starmer, with a significant number of his own MPs calling for him to resign after the parties election results last week. However, Starmer still seems to be holding on. So what happens now?
📰 Too Long: https://toolong.news/
🎉 TLDR Party: https://toolong.news/pages/tldr-party
📖 Read our Manifesto: https://tldrnews.co.uk/manifesto
Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought.
TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that’s not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can’t wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks!
source
-
Food UK2 years agoPANCAKES EXPERIMENT: SAME Ingredients DIFFERENT Techniques
-
Other UK2 years ago
The BBC is on obtained time and is quick ending up being Bri…
-
Fashion UK2 years ago
TDX x TB Rock Band EDJ (“All For You”) Full Song + Lyrics – Tower Defense X Roblox
-
Other UK2 years ago
Making it through an honour killing – BBC News
-
Other UK2 years ago
Could Reform Cost the Tories the Next Election?
-
Fashion UK1 year ago
HIGH ON YOU – Jind Universe | Latest Punjabi Love Song 2024
-
Other UK2 years ago
Prince Harry was victim of phone hacking by Mirror Group New…
-
Business UK1 year ago
Martin Daubney | Wednesday 27th November
-
Business UK2 years ago‘This is his top priority’ | Jake Berry on Tom Tugendhat’s economy plans
-
Politics UK2 years agoEnding Anonymity Online: Britain’s Plans to Change the Internet – TLDR News
@chinita7044
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
As an American, I really liked the UK passport in Burgandy! Blue is so common and boring, but I get the part in wanting to be back to its original color, and wanting to show the world of their sovereignty 🇬🇧💙
@user-tc7fb2pb6j
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Forget passport business all you need money all those things useless things
@Cjnw
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Plantagenêts: You're welcome!
@lloydfrancis9149
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Thank the Lord I was Born in London England the Passport is Fantastic. Just received the Technology intertwined within the first page is Brilliant. Bit sad about the European Union but England is England. What can I say. New Day
@emmajones8590
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
The colour doesn't matter.
You just have far fewer freedoms and possibilities with the new one.
And now obviously with the old one as well.
You can no longer live, work, study or take a partner from one of the EU member states, if you only have the right to that blue passport.
I will never apply for one. Luckily I don't need to.
The sight of it would just make me incredibly sad.
It is the biggest symbol of all that British citizens have lost.
@josephdesousa-go5yt
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
it all sounds like a joke .maybe passport have chip made in China or Russia spy net work 007 come in M. needs you i do not know were all is going perhaps in future fish and chips be made in China or Poland of a French company very elementary
@paulbeatts
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Made in Poland not UK???
@andreascassinides2660
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
An excellent reward of Brexit for the British people having passports in a colour of their own choice.
@easy1355
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
They look pathetic, they are far less powerful, and give you much less privileges. Thank god I have access to an Irish passport, now much more powerful and useful….. there's brexit for you.
@jeffsmith3392
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Noticed you left the fact the old red one had 'European Union' above everything else.
@prince.r
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
The coat of arms in the blue passport reads: "Your father smelt of elderberries" & "Your mother was a hamster" 😂
@mauriceoreilly9955
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
I like how "Honi soit qui mal y pense" is replaced by "Your mother was a hamster",
and "Dieu est mon droit" by "Your father smelt of elderberries".
This must be one of the truly great triumphs of Brexit!
Seriously though, I note that, on both Burgundy red and blue passports, the request/requirement (on the Britannic Majesty page) refers to the 'bearer'. Who is this bearer and how does she/he relate to the Kingdom? Subject or citizen? Does the UK have citizens?
On my Irish passport (the only passport I have), the bearer is clearly identified as 'saoránach d'Éirinn' ('a citizen of Ireland').
What, pray, is the status of our former European friends and current Britannic neighbours who share our island or inhabit the one next to us?
@colindasilva2442
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
I personally would have gone neon green or something make it stand out . But really with a the problems in the world does the Color matter
@johnsmith-rs2vk
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Was the narrator a voice in the Simpsons ? Terrible .
@samfri3nd
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Your father smelt of elderberries
@jasonorourke1787
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
No thanks. I’ll stick to my Irish EU passport. 🥳
@grassytramtracks
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Glad I can get a French passport!
@Leo-wq6qr
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Burgundy ❤️
@AfjeerOf
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Why does it say British passport if NI is not in Britain?
@thomism1016
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
VERY SHALLOW!!! …No, this is not a jibe at TLDR. Rather at the pro-Brexit government. What benefits has this brought the British people? Further more widespead and unfettered visa free travel? Broader business opportunities? NO!!! IT JUST HARKENS BACK TO THE IMPERIALIST DAYS OF EMPIRE. GREAT!!!
@terencestanton1870
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
we were not forced to change the passport. we agree to show unity with the eu, passport are decided by the caa and the united nations. croatia still has a blue passport part of eu
@claudetteh67
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
I had a couple of the old hardcover passports. One as a 7-year-old and one as an 18-year-old. I still have the latter, cancelled with the corner cut off. This is the first I've heard that is blue? To me, it looked black, has always looked black – and looking at it with the utmost scrutiny, now – still looks black!
@DigitalAndInnovation
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Grrrr. The EU has worked with the UK for so many years and even allowed the currency to be different. This is a slap in the face.
@glennwhitehead6484
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
A blue passport but possibly a Black prime minister!!🤣🤣🤣
Brexit ! ….It the future!, thick fuks!!!!!
@chancesareshewears
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
They were black and a very nice cotton finish in the 80's..still have mine..
@duolingo0552
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Bluuuu
@jamal_pasha
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Hi Al.
I am Jamal Pasha, my grandfather was a British citizen. My grandfather died 30 years ago, and my grandfather had 2 sons, 2 daughters, my grandfather died 2 sons, I have my grandfather's British passport and some letters from British, so I How can I come to British with all these documents of my grandfather, if anyone knows, please let me know. Thank you all!
@allmightlionthunder5515
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Blue is for British people and the red is for outer people and black is for so called black people
@1thehandyvan
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
I don’t really care on the colour more interested in a digital format what is smart phone compatible And also a UK driving license what is digital would be good
@blotski
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Two years later – I have just received my new passport. I can confirm that they look black unless you hold them under a strong light in which case you can just make out a slight navy blue tinge.
@TheBaroness
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Burgandy is at the bottom of my color list – The Gorgeous BLUE is ROYAL & very elegant!
@allandonnelly6926
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
All you need to know. Your freedom of movement has been removed.
@cheesebiscuits6323
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Made in Poland!
@erica.5620
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Red looks far better. Simply remove the EU flag thing and that's it
@australianpatriot
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
I like the blue
@haroonalex3543
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
All My Life i Thought Burgundy was Our Passport Colour✔
@a.hakimwarsame5954
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Red one is nice
@frankpennington
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Now a third country passport almost useless.
@colingriffiths3091
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Always found burgundy one strange. When mum came back and brought me here with her. It was the old blue passport. Only real difference is no number on front like old one other wise it's same design as it's always been. It's not as ridged it's more European Union style today than then.
@chernobylayamimdim333
January 3, 2024 at 1:57 pm
It's not black are y'all colour blind it's frikin black