Comment on Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 days ago
It’s not ugly (it reminds me of British Airways, if anything), but there’s a loud, post-Brexit insecurity to the prevalence of the flag. At least they ditched the Tory-era plan to redraw the BR arrow logo in the style of the cross on the Union Jack (though maybe Farage will revive it to distract from whatever looting his goons will be doing).
but there’s a loud, post-Brexit insecurity to the prevalence of the flag.
Let’s be fair: the flag in various designs has been on many many brands and markings well before Brexit. Perhaps it’s a case that you just happened to notice it more after Brexit? What’s that phenomenon called? Baader–Meinhof or something like that?
No, this is a thing. It started with yank-style flag pins, then Tory ministers making sure they never had a photo taken in their office without a big flag over their shoulder. Then they stuck a flag on the drivers’ licence for the first time.
ministers making sure they never had a photo taken in their office without a big flag over their shoulder.
This happened all over the world. Not just the UK. Have a look at any EU country where they proudly showcase bothe their nation’s flag as well as the EU one “over their shoulder”. I suppose they’re also wrong 😄?
But it started happening here only after Brexit.
Just because the rest of the world does something it doesn’t mean we should be doing it too. It has been noticed as a new trend.
deHaga@feddit.uk 6 days ago
What’s insecure about using the British flag on a British state owned railway?
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 6 days ago
We already know what country we’re in.
Whats it communicating? State ownership?
Any idiot can use the union jack in a logo. And they do.
I dont entirely hate it and theres an argument the state should make the flag mean something by using it. I just dont think they can.
Any trust and brand awareness they build up can be undermined immediately by someone using almost identical branding to sell soggy cardboard sandwiches outsude the station.
deHaga@feddit.uk 6 days ago
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anothermember@feddit.uk 6 days ago
It feels like a forced sense of pride. If anything the British national railway should be a national symbol in and of itself, it shouldn’t need to be propped up by the union flag. I don’t hate the design either by the way, but it seems heavy-handed.
deHaga@feddit.uk 6 days ago
Some people are never happy
anothermember@feddit.uk 5 days ago
I never said I wasn’t happy