Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: In Britain, Brexit continues to consume politics and conversation. And the latest controversy seems like a weird one - the color of the British passport. As the U.K. gets ready to leave the EU in 2019, the government has decided to change the color of passports. They were EU Burgundy. They'll return to the old British navy blue. Brexiteers (ph) call this a win. They say Britain is seizing back control of the country from the EU. NPR's Frank Langfitt is with us from London. Hey, Frank. FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: Hey, Noel. KING: So I honestly don't get it, why is the color of the passport such a big deal? LANGFITT: You know what? And that's a fair question as to why you don't get it, but it does say a lot about what's going on politically in this country right now. The Brexiteers say it's a symbol of independence from the European Union and a way to reclaim British national identity. You know, as a member of the EU, the U.K. had to
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