I think Robin got the short end of the stick on that. Clark got both the opening say AND the closing say. I think that Robin should have had the chance to say that metrication of the UK is NOT an EU thing - which is where I thought the dialogue was going. Unfortunately, it stopped somewhat short, giving the impression that metrication in the UK was being forced by the EU.
I also roughly timed both Clark's and Robin's comments, and Clark by far got the most time. I was going to say the usual BBC anti-metric bias, but as my previous email said - sometimes the BBC can get it (mostly) right, just not this time. For the benefit of US readers, Radio 4 is the BBC's flagship radio program, predominantly serious political/socio/economic talk, but also a lot of 'intellectual comedy', current affairs, documentaries, etc. No advertizing or sponsorship of course, and supposedly impartial, although too many of 'the beeb's' reporters and commentors have been accused (sometimes rightly so) of a left wing bias. John F-L ----- Original Message ----- From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: Robin Paice ; Phillip S Hall ; Roddy Urqhart ; Chris Keenan Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:10 PM Subject: [USMA:46055] Interview with UKMA leader Robin Paice on Rado 4 regarding metrication I figure USMA folks would find this interesting (taken from UKMA web site at http://ukma.org.uk): http://www.youtube.com/UKMetric#p/c/04DE7CACFA86D7A4/0/LQpc7BMi1bE -- Ezra
