Steve, One of the problems in the UK was that the Wilson Government had a majority that was in single figures and was at the mercy of any politician who wanted to score a few cheap points. As a result he had to take a short-term populist line to stay in power. There was also a sterling crisis, so he did anything to save money, one of which was delaying the metrication of road signs. When he finally retired, he bequeathed Jim Callaghan a majority of one who promptly had a heart attack and died (if my memory serve me correctly).
He did however set a gradual metrication of road signs in progress, but then Mrs Thatcher, in order to score a few cheap points at the expense of the EEC (as it then was), reversed the metrication progress that had been made up to that time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:07 AM Subject: [USMA:37748] Re: [off-topic] Re: UK metric debate in the House of Lords [snip] > An intersting point - "Metric" scored high in the opinion polls of the early > 70's and has steadily gone down since. There *must* be a link to a > dissatisfaction with the EU "super state". > [snip]
