Why is there a GB and NI

[THELORDRODWELL]

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The clue is in the name of the nation you live in.

Tit.

Micks aren't the brightest.

@Roker Mick
@StripedPaddy

 

[Harry Angstrom]

it's a right load of nonsense like, why don't we just give it back to the irish?

You want the death of thousands on your hands? Great idea.

One day someone decided to give the team a rebranding as Team GB and in a miraculous turn of events for the modern age no one had a hissy fit, emotional breakdown, felt stressed, pressured, outraged or needed of a safe space.

Instead the athletes from Northern Ireland just said so fuck, I have an Olympics to train for.

They were always GB never UK.

 

[jacko100]

Micks aren't the brightest.

Would seem brits arent the brightest either.

 

[Aituk7]

You want the death of thousands on your hands? Great idea.

They were always GB never UK.

Came about in the 90's iirc.

 

[Pilot Light]

Already been explained by @HellsBells in her graphic she posted.

The islands as a whole are the British Isles. The biggest island is called Great Britain because it's the biggest.

The graphic posted by @HellsBells, interesting though it is, includes e.g. Hebredies, Shetlands & Orkneys in "Great Britain", which might be correct but contradicts your suggestion that only the biggest isle is Great Britain

 

[nyron4england]

It’s all semantics. NI isn’t part of GB. It’s part of the U.K.

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as much as i already knew the difference, this is by far the best diagram i have seen for explaining it. good job.