Okay the reason for the Blue passports now becomes more clear. The border guard is becoming the home guard and is going part time.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017...uard-uk-bordersWhy this is not being addressed with technology to a higher degree when we have this moment to make a change is beyond me. No doubt they are working out which external agency they can give £1bn to in order to tell them to do it correctly. After all doing it in under two years is impossible.