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A few of you see red over bus paint job, power plant tower does not measure up and all change for city's Conservatives

Lothian Buses is set to return to its traditional maroon and white livery.

Good – what a mess the current livery is. And those stupid slogans – ace of spades, best deal? Crass.

Middle Class Gent

Is this because the Jambos beat Hibs in the derby game? What if Hibs had won?

The Real Alfonsa Pedrosa

Disgrace! If you study the history of Edinburgh corporation the colour of maroon was adopted to honour one of Edinburgh's football clubs (transport chiefs supported this club). Nowadays more impartiality should be shown . . . how about the old corporation colours . . . black and white?

joescoredfour

I thought the present livery was extremely good – completely different to the boring plain colours used by almost every other bus company in the UK. The Harlequin pattern made Lothian quite unique and was a major contributor in making Lothian Buses one of the best, if not THE best, in the UK. To change the scheme to suit the trams is crazy – especially when the demo tram was done out in Harlequin colours!

Grumpy

Lothian Buses must have too much money. The current livery's brought a bit of colour to the buses.

Pond Hall

Forth Ports has admitted a new power plant would stand taller than the Ferris wheel planned nearby at the Waterfront but wouldn't spoil the attraction's views.

Aye, a big eight-storey high block with a 300ft high CO2-belching chimney is not a blot on what is probably one of the best views from a capital city.

noswod

Perhaps I can offer a compromise: if Forth Ports can provide a combined chimney/helter skelter then everybody could be happy.

Klaus Dubois

They are still going on about this Ferris wheel. If you're gonna do it, do it in style and move it away from that windy/cold coastline and build it bigger! Don't see the problem with a power plant. This city is the main beneficiary so it should be built here.

Sparts

Finally, Iain Whyte, the leader of the Conservative group on the city council, is to stand down.

If Jeremy Balfour is favourite to succeed him, then the "new direction" for the Tories is a lurch to the religious right. Balfour is a Baptist minister and former parliamentary lobbyist for the Evangelical Alliance, a so-called "family values" campaign group which got funded by US religious right extremists to push their anti-gay agenda over here.

Duncan in Edinburgh

I have the pleasure of knowing Jeremy personally, and know he is a good man in all he does. He is also a good example for disabled people in the field of public service and politics.

Utar Refson

Far more important is whether Balfour is the best person for the job. As a local councillor I've no doubt he does an admirable job, but he hardly maintains a high profile. Say what you like about Cardownie, and Milligan and Aitken before him, but at least people knew who they were. The only Tory who seems to make any effort to be visible is Rose.

Howard Moon