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Conservatives to scrap 'Labour rose' Lancashire council logo
7:20pm Wednesday 10th June 2009
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- By Chris Hopper » Reporter
CONSERVATIVES have announced their first act in charge of county hall – scrapping the council’s ‘Labour rose’ logo.
The Tories have gained control of Lancashire County Council for the first time in 28 years.
And their first symbolic act is to scrap the logo which replaced the traditional Lancashire Tudor rose.
The Tories said the redesigned 2002 emblem was virtually the same as the national Labour Party’s flower.
They plan to revert to a design similar to the original Tudor rose.
Outgoing Labour leader Hazel Harding said the move was ‘taking the council back 10 years’.
Conservative chiefs said the emblem would be phased it out so taxpayers’ money was not wasted.
Geoff Driver, the new county council leader, said: “We and a lot of people feel that the rose that was put into the logo a few years ago is not the Tudor rose of Lancashire.
"It is the Labour rose. It will soon be gone but we will not spend a fortune to change it everywhere, just on things like stationery and the website.
“Unlike Labour, we do not think the people of Lancashire care about logos, but they do care about our services.”
The current logo, seen on county council buildings across Lancashire, was brought in by bosses after the last one, which incorporated the Tudor rose, was deemed out of date.
But it is due to be scrapped after County Coun Driver is formally takes over on June 25.
However, Hazel Harding, who was ousted as leader and also lost her Rossendale North seat last week, denied the 2002 logo mirrored Labour’s rose.
She said: “The Tudor rose is on all sorts of other things like double glazing company logos and we couldn’t copyright it but we can with the current one.
“It was not about me or the Labour party. It was about changing the image of the council.
"If County Coun Driver wants to take it back 10 years he can do it.”
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andy1, burnley says...
7:55pm Wed 10 Jun 09
swizz, Nelson says...
8:10pm Wed 10 Jun 09
Nice to see priorities taking place :(
Inter-Rossiter, East Lancs says...
8:50pm Wed 10 Jun 09
This is gesture politics and unfortunately it's not a very promising start from the Tories.
Truth will out, Burnley says...
9:11pm Wed 10 Jun 09
And she wonders why the electorate have dumped her out.
dontlookback, Darwen says...
9:12pm Wed 10 Jun 09
RAyzer, BURNLEY says...
9:31pm Wed 10 Jun 09
pip-pip, says...
9:44pm Wed 10 Jun 09
Hazel Harding has scored a point there. This seems a good reason for the change of logo - Todays announcement echos the recent to-do when Peter of Oswaltwistle unilaterally decided to change the Hyndburn BC logo.(and the town name)
If this is the way the new rulers are going to proceed,(policy on the hoof), we should all be worried.
Scooby, Blackburn says...
9:48pm Wed 10 Jun 09
What a load of rubbish. If you think people don't care, why change it?
And I'm pretty shocked that they consider their biggest priority to be changing the logo. Surely if Labour did so badly for the county in recent years, they'd have bigger and more important changed they'd want to announce first than wasting money on changing a picture.
grumpyoldlady, blackburn says...
9:51pm Wed 10 Jun 09
mazx4, blackburn says...
10:37pm Wed 10 Jun 09
Kernal Knut, Somewhere Out There says...
6:18am Thu 11 Jun 09
Get your priority's right L.L.C. Which ever party is in charge the red rose should stay, this emblem has a long and historic connection to the 'Red Rose County" how can you just get rid of it. Lets just start by concentrating on reducing council tax bills. Pathetic!
Kevin, Colne, Colne says...
7:06am Thu 11 Jun 09
As I recall the current LCC-Rose emblem was developed by consultants. So, the money has already been paid and squandered. Getting rid of it will not allow us to get our cash back.
So, the previous administration having frittered this money on the emblem then one may as well get your monies worth - keep the emblem and use it for as long as possible.
The whole point about an emblem in corporate identity is that it's all or nothing. You can't have old and new running together for a long period of time as you no longer have a single identity, and only the geeks of local government will know which is the current one.
Moreover if you re-emblem using wear and tear than it will take about 20 years before the replacement emblem is on every item associated with the County.
If this decision is an indication of the thought processes of the Conservative Group about to take the reigns at County Hall then we're in very deep trouble.
holsten pils, burnley says...
8:36am Thu 11 Jun 09
Not a great first move by the Tories in the eyes of lancashire people.
pull some strings, ROSSENDALE says...
8:59am Thu 11 Jun 09
DavidBurnley, Burnley says...
9:11am Thu 11 Jun 09
milty, blyth says...
10:39am Thu 11 Jun 09
DavidBurnley, Burnley says...
11:42am Thu 11 Jun 09
Political Watch, Darwen says...
1:54pm Thu 11 Jun 09
WHAT WE NEED IS A GENERAL ELECTION
andy1, burnley says...
4:33pm Thu 11 Jun 09
Political Watch wrote:Id be echoing your words to if I was a Torie sorry them MFs screwed the country up from day one of entering power back in 1979 until leaving in 1997. I would however like to point out Im not saying this Government has done a great job. I would like to see a Government of National Unity in these days. The Cream of the Cream comes to mind and no tax payers cash abusers please.
THE RED TUDOR ROSE OF LANCASHIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL - WHY WAS IS CHANGED BY MARXIST LABOUR TO RESEMBLE THE LABOUR ROSE AND HOW MUCH DID IT COST. MOST CIVIC BUILDING BEAR THE TUDOR ROSE, SO REVERT TO IT WILL HAVE MINIMAL COST.
WHAT WE NEED IS A GENERAL ELECTION
guardian, darwen says...
4:38pm Thu 11 Jun 09
Political Watch wrote:I have to laugh - quite obviously the Tories contributing to this site do not realise that the Labour Party actually changed their logo last year or so. The Tudor Rose is actually far more like the current Labour logo than the previous one !! How out of touch are they ?
THE RED TUDOR ROSE OF LANCASHIRE WAS THE ORIGINAL - WHY WAS IS CHANGED BY MARXIST LABOUR TO RESEMBLE THE LABOUR ROSE AND HOW MUCH DID IT COST. MOST CIVIC BUILDING BEAR THE TUDOR ROSE, SO REVERT TO IT WILL HAVE MINIMAL COST. WHAT WE NEED IS A GENERAL ELECTION
Obviously, if their priorities are the change of a logo then they musn't have many sensible priorities !
Akki, Accy says...
5:30pm Thu 11 Jun 09
pull some strings, ROSSENDALE says...
8:18pm Thu 11 Jun 09
It is just Lancashire people and businesses being proud of their roots.
Clearly Hazel 'I lost' Harding has something against that. A typical left wing socialist nanny state view which we have come to expect of her and her corrupt party.
GENERAL ELECTION NOW!!
mikebuk, Blackpool says...
6:42pm Fri 12 Jun 09
and Tories fear,
we leave the red rose growing here.
brendaleyland, Leyland says...
11:12pm Fri 12 Jun 09
The red Rose is the symbol of lancashire, but whether or noy you like the design there are far more important things to do with "OUR MONEY".
is it any wonder that BNp can win seats when the first thought of the new controlling party is to waste money on a pointless and un-neccessary change. will you never learn????
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DaveBurnley, Burnley says...
7:35pm Wed 10 Jun 09