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**Chris** · 05-07-2021, 19:40

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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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,211	Re: Goodby GB, hello UK. 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.