Trumpy, the problem is the cowards in the UK Industry. They blame the change on the EU, when the reality is the UK Government and the NICEIC, ECA and IEE all conspired to bring this toot into force. They have been slowly bring us in line with the EU for the last 25 years.
It is a fools errand. The UK has the lowest fatality/injury rate for electricity in the industrialised world, that implies our system must be doing something right. To now make this system that same as some mickey mouse crap from the Eurozone is a joke.
You can find out more here.
www.ae3.org.uk/technical/colour_changes.htm