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• British government identity, revisited

  With the British government now able to count itself among the few countries sporting a coherent identity programme, a follow up to my 2009 post on the subject.

• Flying the flag

  Andrew Mitchell, the International Development secretary, has unveiled a new logo that will appear on overseas aid provided by his department; be it grain packets, schools or water pumps.

• A cohesive and unified identity for British Government

  With an escalating national debt, the talk at this months party conferences is of cuts to public spending and smaller, more efficient government. I believe one clear way of achieving this would be to introduce a single unified brand across government.

• Birmingham City Council versus the Twitterati

  Last week Birmingham City Council launched its new £2.8m website. Delayed, over budget and woefully inadequate, it rightly faced a storm of criticism on Twitter and from the local press.

• Historic counties and Psychoville

  I’ve long been interested in the popular geography of Great Britain, but also annoyed by the continual government reorganisation that seeks to confuse it.