[WillowTheWhisp]

It wasn't a 'change way back' - it was a creation. We didn't have a name for the borough council. We'd had the individual names for all the individual councils and then when they were united under one umbrella it needed a name. The question then was do we give it a whole new name or name it after the largest town in the borough. The decision was made to give it a whole new name which I believe was the right decision because that did not imply that any of the individual towns was any greater or any less than the others. If at that time there had been a majority in favour of the name "Accrington and District" then I wouldn't have minded as much even if I didn't agree with the choice because it was going to cost us the same whatever it was called.

I admire your attitude of standing by your principles Cashman and in situations where that would only involve you then I would defend your right to stand by any principle you like whatever the cost. Unfortunately in this particular case the cost does not only affect you it will affect every person living in the borough and the council has carefully avoided the financial issue either because they haven't actually thought it through or they have and they don't want to frighten the living daylights out of us.

If they put up the rents for shops and market stalls to cover the cost do you still think that would be worth it? If they allow eyesores to fall further into disrepair because they haven't got the money for repair and renewal do you still think it would be worth it? I wish the council would be upfront about this and admit how much it's going to cost and exactly where they see the money coming from. All they have told us so far is that they have set aside £20,000 and that it won't mean an increase in our council tax.

Why is it wrong or hypocritical to want to stop our council wasting money? There are so many things we moan about the council not doing because it claims it can't afford to - what about the selling off of assets which was complained about in the past? What about not being able to afford to take down the Christmas lights when they were still dangling away there in mid summer? How can this council which has been so strapped for cash suddenly justify spending on something which is totally unnecessary?

I really do find this difficult to understand.

I also think that it's easy enough for people from outside the borough to say yes go ahead, do it and never mind the cost because the cost will not affect them.

Any chance of a real look at the financial implications Graham?

I've just noticed on the BBC website that one person from Clayton le Moors, in favour of the change, says "Yes go back to the original names" so he/she obviously hasn't even understood the proposal as it is nothing to do with going back to any original names.