05-07-2021, 17:34
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Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Tories voiced anger today at a 'slap in the face' move to drop traditional GB stickers for Brits driving abroad.
The legal emblem for bumpers and number plates is being switched to 'UK' from the end of September.
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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) ?
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05-07-2021, 17:38
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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.
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05-07-2021, 19:03
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
Why does anyone care about such trivial things
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05-07-2021, 19:15
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
Possibly it’s because GB does not include NI, but U.K. does…
https://www.britannica.com/story/wha...united-kingdom
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05-07-2021, 19:29
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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True. Yet, loyalists in N.I. Consider themselves “British”
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05-07-2021, 19:40
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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.
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05-07-2021, 20:13
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by Taf
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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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05-07-2021, 23:10
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by Chris
I know of no particular reason why we’ve traditionally used GB as initials on cars
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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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05-07-2021, 23:17
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
Ha ha. Remember those daft idiots who insisted on putting an "Ecosse" sticker onto their cars? You can still get them (both the idiots and the sticker).
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05-07-2021, 23:28
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
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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05-07-2021, 23:54
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
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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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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05-07-2021, 23:56
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by spiderplant
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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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.
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06-07-2021, 02:59
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by Chris
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.
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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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06-07-2021, 03:06
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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 
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06-07-2021, 07:59
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Re: Goodby GB, hello UK.
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Originally Posted by pip08456
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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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.
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