Yes - it is a piss poor effort as have been the other scare stories about people people being thrown out or not being able to claim a passport. Generally down to people jumping the gun and the Home Office/Passport office not having a clue what is going on
In the article in the swedish paper they say "and life on the british isles has changed markedly recently with xenophobia and racism - even towards swedes".
I was about to say even German doesn't have a word as stupid as that and then looked up what it is here.