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Starmer’s EU e-passport plan would be the ultimate Brexit win

19 May 2025

4:21 PM

19 May 2025

4:21 PM

Last week, I was passing through Stockholm’s Arlanda airport on the way to a professional commitment in Sweden. A WhatsApp from a colleague pinged into my phone as I came through arrivals, so I’m able, as it happens, to quote verbatim my thoughts at the time: ‘Just in the arrivals hall now, and as I queue in “all other passports”, I am once again reminded of what a stupid [expletive deleted] idea Brexit was.’

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