The EU flag has been lowered outside West Lothian Council’s HQ following Brexit.
But it got a final brush up as Brexit Day coincided with a maintenance day for the flag poles outside the centre.
It was briefly lowered when the pole came down for a clean around lunchtime. MSPs have voted to continue to fly the EU flag outside Holyrood as a protest against Brexit and the Scottish Government’s desire to remain in Europe.
The flag was designed in 1955 and was described as “Against the blue sky of the Western world, the stars symbolise the peoples of Europe in a form of a circle, a sign of union.
Their number is invariably 12, the figure 12 being the symbol of perfection and entirety.” The flag was adopted by the European Community, the predecessor of the present EU, in 1986.
The EU flag will still get the occasional official outing in West Lothian. A council spokesman said: “We will also fly the European Flag on Europe Day (May 9) in line with the councils’ flag flying arrangements.”
