To be honest, I’m not so wedded to my “G0” part of my callsign as it seems my Scottish friends (who may or may not have voted to leave the union of course) seem to be so locked in.
So, why? If you have to use an M a W a U an I a J or any other letter after the 1st letter and before the first number why would you not want the people who live in mainland England to use some appropriate letter, as you have had to do this many years now?
Dave (G0DJA)
Anyway, it should be GC or MC for Cymru (Wales)
Nos da pawb.
This change would give no benefit other than a bit of satisfaction to a tidy-minded bureaucrat at having forced a change to justify his existence. We all know what country a G or M on its own refers to, we don’t need any additional reminder of where we are. Anyway, I find it hard enough to remember to say “GW” when I’m in Wales, after 50 years of being a G8, a GE8 will take some getting used to.
Anyway, it isn’t a matter of logic, it is a matter of sentiment, you cannot argue rationally with a position buttressed with sentiment!
So, to turn your question around, why change? What benefit is there in it, and for who?
Rationally, we should drop GW, GM etc and all be G, a change that would be easy to make. Now, where did I put my tin helmet!
Brian
Awwwwwwwww… Don’t be a spoil sport, Brian. Whenever I visit GM, I revert to my old M6 callsign. MM6MMM/M from my car, is a source of great entertainment 
73 Mike
2E0YYY
Do former colonies get a prefix? I could be GUS6WRU.
wunder
Could be… just to go into CEPT land…
I can’t remember now when the basque territory of Gipuzkoa was ruled along several months by the former King Richard 3rd., during a normal dispute between the Kingdom of Navarre and the County of Castilia…
Perhaps we’ll be able to use something as GEA2CW too? 
73 de Mikel (g)EA2CW
The ‘clarification’ is up on the OFCOM website now.
So, looking at the wording, will people living in Scotland/Wales/Norther Ireland/IoM/Channel Islands etc., now receive notices with the regional identifier removed?
It depends how you read it. When the statement is read using the normal interpretation we give to words, the answer is no.
You have to admit though that the statement says that embedded RSL identifiers have been included incorrectly, which suggests that everyone will be getting them stripped out eventually?
Dave, I’ve come to the conclusion you’re trolling. At which point my reply is plink !
No I’m not. It’s a fair point to make given the words used in the notice.
I’ll keep my opinions to myself in future then.
I guess folks in regions other than England will find out one way or the other when (or perhaps “if”?) correct letters start being sent. Not much point worrying about it 'til then…
Well, if they write and tell me to use “GE3NYY” I’ll use it until they write to me again telling me not to.
Actually, I did at one time legitimately use GE3NYY for a month or so. It was several years ago, to celebrate some Royal Jubilee or such-like.
Does anyone seriously think Ofcom care two hoots? The notice they have posted on the Ofcom website today merely adds to the confusion!
73,
Walt (G3NYY)
Here is the latest from the RSGB:-
Following the recent notification sent to licensees of the proposal to vary the Amateur Radio Licence, Ofcom has now published a Notice of Variation to the Amateur Radio licence.
The new licence document, which will have effect from 7 April 2015 has also been published on the Ofcom website.
Licensees who received a notification dated 30 January 2015 are not covered by this. Their licences will be the subject of a separate Notice, which Ofcom will publish in the course of the next couple of weeks.
The RSGB is informed that Ofcom shall send new licences to all the above licensees in the week of 23 March. Where Ofcom have an email address—about 60,000 licensees—the licence will go by e-mail. In other cases, licences will be posted. If new licences have not been received by 14 April please contact Ofcom at ARL2015@ofcom.org.uk or via the online licensing system.
Finally, there will be a separate exercise to vary the licences of those who have received a new licence since 17 December 2014. It will not be possible to conclude that last variation before 7 April. If uncertain, licensees must observe the Ts and Cs of the licence that they hold.
http://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2015/03/13/notice-variation-amateur-radio-licence/
So there you are! (Don’t forget that it’s Friday 13th)
Peter
G1FOA
And, so far, there has not been any indication that their notice to me that I am, now, GE0DJA has been rescinded.
I await that notice with interest…
I’m sorry if this appears to be a troll post.
You’ve not read the NoV then.
“Ofcom has decided to retain the wording of the variation as proposed
in the First Notification, as we consider it sufficient to give effect to the
policy decisions in the Amateur Radio Statement. Taken together,
Clauses 2(2) and 2(3) make it plain that the RSL ‘E’ is only to be used
where a call sign has the prefix ‘2’. The call sign prefix ‘2’ is available
only under an Intermediate licence and is not available under a Club
licence.”
I’ll keep an eye on the email inbox then.
Just had an email from Ofcom with my new licence. Effective 7April 2015.–all 23 pages of it.
Peter
G1FOA
So? You want to know the terms?
Night night.
Mike