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Archive for 13/09/2007
Pints and miles reprieve
13/09/2007 by admin.
Britain’s pints and miles have been reprieved by the European Commission to protect the nation’s “traditions, culture and lifestyle”.
The decision ends decades of pointless wrangling between London and Brussels over pressure to switch to the metric system.
Europe’s Industry Commissioner Gunter Verheugen said that as far as the Commission was concerned it is “entirely up to the British Government whether to keep pints and feet and inches, and the whole miles system” and he also confirmed that market traders and small local shopkeepers did not even have to display metric units on their premises.
About time too.
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