So, a government advisor suggests that the Portcullis symbol of the UK Parliament should be replaced as it may exclude members of the public from visiting who could regard it as a 'closed' gate. Doesn't anyone in Parliament know anything about its history? The Portcullis is not some old parliamentary PR logo, it was an old Beaufort badge used by Henry Tudor, which came to be used extensively in the Palace of Westminster. It is easily recognisable and is symbolic of stability and security, not exclusivity. There could be a new badge of Parliament to be used on stationary, subject to the approval of Her Majesty (there have been others), but why change? Is it to be another victim of (outmoded) modernism? The public access to Parliament could be called the open portcullis and similarly a public/parliamentary communications group, an Open Portcullis Association, could use the same symbol to demonstrate inclusivity.