Brexit was making us a joke nation even before the blue passports | William Keegan

Theresa May's 'transition' deal is no cause for optimism amid this growing sense of farce

Did I hear aright? Is the new, or rather "retro", post-Brexit, true-blue British passport going to be manufactured in France? What a wonderful symbol of the futility and duplicity of the Brexiters' promise to "take back control"!

And what is this dire threat from the ubiquitous Jacob Rees-Mogg that the UK risks becoming a "joke nation" by giving in on so many fronts to Michel Barnier?

Unless something turns up, this could well amount to a mere postponement of disaster