This document was printed by the Conservatives for all Constituencies in the
country.
I believe it is inaccurate. While local trading standards officers may be
turning a bit of a blind eye to (primarily) street market vendors weighing
loose food items in imperial units on imperial-only scales, this practice is
illegal. Scales can ONLY be calibrated and certified in metric units - that's
all the law permits. Therefore, any non-metric scales are uncertified, and
therefore illegal, not to mention that they may indicate any amount of short
measure without the consumer knowing.
The UK right now has much bigger poltical problems, which is why I suspect this
innacuracy has slipped under the radar. I think the brochure, going into the
EU elections, was designed to capitalize on the recent directive from the EU,
which said that the UK MAY continue to use imperial units if it chooses to do
so. The UK has NOT made that choice - only metric units are legal for (most)
trade (the major exception being the use of the imperial pint - 568 mL - for
beer dispensed in pubs).
John F-L
----- Original Message -----
From: Carleton MacDonald
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 2:56 AM
Subject: [USMA:45215] UK Conservative Party brochure
The UK had elections a day or two ago, and the Conservatives ("Tories") came
in first. Labour took a beating.
Note the first item on the back page.
Carleton
