UK Metric Association @UKMetric
The UK Metric Association is an independent organisation campaigning for the UK to complete metrication https://t.co/Y41BAit4AP ukma.org.uk UK Joined October 2009-
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"Cups v grams: why can’t American and British cooks agree on food measurements?" theguardian.com/food/2024/apr/…
We take a look at the Decimal Association's "Reasons Why" pamphlet, from 1904 - when 333 MPs had signalled their approval of the switch to metric weights and measures. metricviews.uk/2024/03/08/how…
New blog post: House of Lords votes in favour of full adoption of the metric system metricviews.uk/2024/02/23/hou…
New blog post: Don't expect to see pints of wine in the shops metricviews.uk/2024/02/11/don…
Brexit freedoms and imperial measures (anyone for a pint of champagne?) youtu.be/DZ6iDA-d8kU
🔴Imperial Measurements: the Spurious Brexit Dividend that Failed to Divide A public consultation proved that nobody supported an attack on the metric system as the Brexit culture wars suffer another defeat, explains @Kit_Yates_Maths bylinetimes.com/2024/01/18/imp…
Excellent as always from Chris. I did my technical drawing exam in the 60s. I had to divide 11 and 7 thirty seconds of an inch by 3! Sounds ridiculous, it was? Metrication was a godsend for anyone using weights and measures, those who promote imperial have never had to use it.
Excellent as always from Chris. I did my technical drawing exam in the 60s. I had to divide 11 and 7 thirty seconds of an inch by 3! Sounds ridiculous, it was? Metrication was a godsend for anyone using weights and measures, those who promote imperial have never had to use it.
1) The myths on champagne pints: " One myth in play that metrication was something imposed on the UK by the EU, whereas in fact it was a process which had begun long before joining, and ....a second myth is that metrication made it illegal to use imperial measures.."
By any yardstick, metric units beat imperial | Letters theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
Dr Peter Burke, Chair, UK Metric Association: "We can now confidently say that imperial units should go the way of shillings and old pence, and the people are behind us." theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
“How 99,665 Brits Just Saved the Metric System in the UK” youtu.be/uBlWKC6swss
An interview by UKMA Chair, Peter Burke, on BBC Radio 5, on the collapse of the Imperial project. youtu.be/AZArLYhcB_k?si…
Our chair Peter Burke has written a feature, for West England Bylines, on the Government's imperial units consultation: "Metric is here to stay" westenglandbylines.co.uk/business/metri…
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Excellent as always from Chris. I did my technical drawing exam in the 60s. I had to divide 11 and 7 thirty seconds of an inch by 3! Sounds ridiculous, it was? Metrication was a godsend for anyone using weights and measures, those who promote imperial have never had to use it.
The Brexit self-punishment machine. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The apparently trivial 'champagne pints' announcement tells us something about Brexit in itself, and much more about the confusions and fantasies of post-Brexit regulatory policy: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-br…
Dr Peter Burke, Chair, UK Metric Association: "We can now confidently say that imperial units should go the way of shillings and old pence, and the people are behind us." theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
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“I mean, it’s pretty easy, really. Simple as that.”
Here's our final song of 2023, about the deserving folk receiving #NewYearHonours & the contrast with the pathetic cronyism in @trussliz & @BorisJohnson appointees. It's to the tune "There Is Nothing Like A Dame" but called "Does Liz Truss Not Feel Ashamed?" 🎶Happy New Year!🥳🍾
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@UKMetric The irony is, if they believe safety is defined by slower speeds, they could have achieved it for zero cost by implementing metric with the speed signs indicating km/h. 30 km/h is virtually what they now have in built-up areas.
This is well worth a listen for anybody interested in the facts of #weightsandmeasures #tradingstandards and the recent news around #pintsofwine #imperialmeasures farce. Happy new year, let us hope it is one where any #legalmetrology action is positive and constructive 🤞
An interview by UKMA Chair, Peter Burke, on BBC Radio 5, on the collapse of the Imperial project. youtu.be/AZArLYhcB_k?si…
@robertjwhitney @UKMetric Ireland managed to change over without too much difficulty. If it was phased ie signs replaced when roads upgraded then cost would be manageable. We have to do it sometime so why not now? 🤷♂️
@UKMetric @gavinesler Why did speeds and distances not go metric? It’s insane having two systems.
@UKMetric @gavinesler I wish we did have metric speed limits. When I hire cars on the Continent the cruise controls, etc, are adjustable in 5km/h increments only. All cars I’ve driven here have 1mph increments. I always feel more confident that I won’t be caught speeding in Europe.
@robertjwhitney @UKMetric @cuthbertneil It is an issue. The UK is in measurement chaos, which causes confusion, misunderstanding and danger. Plus it shows the UK is stuck in the past. Six decades of metric education & the UK is still using two incompatible systems! The modern world uses SI not just the EU!
@robertjwhitney @UKMetric @cuthbertneil T UK governments should finish the metrication programme started in the 1960s. Just place this sign at the entrance to dual carriageways and motorways for people to adapt. Every other modern nation has metricated.
@CamilleAraz @UKMetric @gavinesler UK governments should finish the metrication programme started in the 1960s. Just place this sign at the entrance to dual carriageways & motorways for people to adapt. Every other modern nation has metricated. Based on your view, the UK should revert to duodecimal currency.
@LizWebsterSBF 'As for Britishness, I can remind you that imperial units are also called Avoirdupois, a French word. The original concept of metric units, on the other hand, came from John Wilkins, an Englishman, in 1668' Peter Burke | Chair of the UK Metric Association westenglandbylines.co.uk/business/metri…
Why the Politics of Distraction is only ever about a few cheap headlines … pint bottles of wine; send people to Rwanda; ‘stop’ the boats; 40 ‘new’ hospitals; 20000 ‘more’ police; bring ‘back’ imperial measures; take ‘back’ control; ‘fix’ potholes … (any more?)
“We don’t understand why the government has introduced a pint measure for wine after consulting the industry and being told that no one seems to favour going back to imperial measures,” English wine producers unlikely to adopt ‘redundant’ pint option theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/…
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