The 61's a weird one.
The buses are branded as Violet
The SNCs still call it Blue
The service list and page on the website features no branding at all

No idea what the NSAs say as I've not been on the 61 since the changes. But yes, it's not great having 'buses fit for the future' being cut back, or completely withdrawn a single-digit number of months later. Now with these changes announced - how can I even be confident my bus route to X will even exist next week? I can understand emergency and temporary frequency cuts, but cutting limbs off a route, and cancelling a route entirely with just 4 days' notice isn't good.