Dishonest debate

The great Wheatsheaf debate, as reported in the Macc Express brings up a couple of issues.

Firstly, the line being pushed about £250,000 for a new logo is dishonest. They know it is, but they like the way it sounds. This money is to replace everything that says "Cheshire County Council" or "Macclesfield Borough Council" with "Cheshire East Council". The fact that the logo is also changing is irrelevant. We can't send out next years council tax bills on stationary headed "MBC" - it would be illegal.

If we didn't want to incur this cost, then we shouldn't have made the move to unitary. The logo doesn't have a single thing to do with it at all.

Then we've got Cllr Brendan Murphy:

I think it’s a bit ironic that it’s wheatsheaf because I’ve never seen wheatsheaf in the country for years, let alone in Cheshire, and it’s collapsing backwards into the past.

Eh? So we should never use historical emblems?!

Parliament need to scrap that Portcullis, 'cause I don't recall seeing one on the way into either house.

But it's all a bit of fun. We know that the truth is that it's Brendan's politics that collapse backwards into the past. Every comment I've seen from him in the last 4 years is negative. It's a shame, because at one time I respected him as a member of the community who offered real hope and alternative from the mainstream decisions.

I think the logo, selected by the good denizens of Cheshire East is a blend of historical roots and modern design. I'm already proud of it.