Goodby GB, hello UK.
 

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...ange-update-uk

And what of GBA (Alderney), GBG (Guernsey), GBJ (Jersey), GBM (Isle of Man) and GBZ (Gibraltar) ?

Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
 

When I ordered my new car from my Ford dealer (Oct 2019), I specifically requested that i do not have the blue bit on the number plate.

It was supplied without.

This will not be an issue as I no plans to enter the EU, now or in the future.

Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
 

Why does anyone care about such trivial things

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Possibly it’s because GB does not include NI, but U.K. does…

https://cdn.britannica.com/s:800x100...land-Great.jpg

https://www.britannica.com/story/wha...united-kingdom

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True. Yet, loyalists in N.I. Consider themselves “British”

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Our nationality for all international purposes is “British”, not “Kingdomish” - I know of no particular reason why we’ve traditionally used GB as initials on cars and sports teams but the closer connection with nationality might have something to do with it.

I read somewhere that it has been suggested it’s an expression of solidarity with Norn Iron post-Brexit; I don’t think that works because these sorts of regulations tend to take longer to work through, so planning for it would have begun before trade deal tensions became a thing.

If I was to put forward a theory of my own, it would be to ensure that anyone with a EU-GB symbol built in to their number plate will no longer be able to rely on it once the identifying letters formally change to UK.

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Was that the common sense group that was up in arms, sounds a bit like the correct thinking bureau

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The GB plate was introduced in 1910, so 12 years before the UK existed.

To balance it out, we use the .uk internet domain when really we should use .gb

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So whats the TLD for Northen Ireland then ?

Pretty sure they dont have their own, so .uk would be surely be correct.

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The UK has existed since 1802 when it was short for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Since 1927, UK became an abbreviation for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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The UK was created by the Act of Union 1801, which created The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. You’re thinking about the partition of Ireland in 1922, which only changed the name of the country by adding the word “Northern” to it.

The Kingdom of Great Britain only existed from 1707-1801.

Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
 

How could you have The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland if Great Britain ceased to exist in 1801? It would've just been The United Kingdom surely.

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Team GB is the brand name used since 1999 by the British Olympic Association for their Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team.

Team UK, as they'll be known after a change of number plates ;)

Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
 

Great Britain still existed post-1801 though? It's just Ireland was then included for the nation changed from the Kingdom of Great Britain to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.