Hi, everyone, Boris Johnson has raised a storm with the suggestion that Imperial measurements may be re-introduced to the UK for retail trade. Here is a list of news stories, divided into Factual (stating the facts, and in some cases explaining what Imperial measurements are,) Skeptical, and Anti-metric.
As some of the articles originating in the UK have explanations of what the Imperial system of weights and measures is, it suggests that their readership is not familiar with them, so why is there this perceived need to reintroduce Imperial? A lot of the comments, especially from the metric supporters, are hilarious. 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Weights and measures compared to metric and why the system could return in UK https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fimperial-measurements-weights-measure-metric-compared-system-return-uk-explained-1204814&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148940422%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=pMYuXCoM4vE90mpQdrogFuigX32GcBzqtLqBeGpuKsA%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finews.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fimperial-measurements-weights-measure-metric-compared-system-return-uk-explained-1204814&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148940422%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=pMYuXCoM4vE90mpQdrogFuigX32GcBzqtLqBeGpuKsA%3D&reserved=0> Gizmodo (online magazine) 2021-09-17 British Government Wants to Bring Back Imperial Measurements https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fbritish-government-wants-to-bring-back-imperial-measure-1847693806&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148950378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=avodAQNsNbC8OUGJtyGF7EUlwt96Frwj5p%2Fe9I1wZrU%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fbritish-government-wants-to-bring-back-imperial-measure-1847693806&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148950378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=avodAQNsNbC8OUGJtyGF7EUlwt96Frwj5p%2Fe9I1wZrU%3D&reserved=0> See comments Yahoo! 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News – Opinion piece 2021-09-17 Imperial weights and measures – what next, stone tablets in the classroom? https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fimperial-weights-measures-next-stone-085238921.html&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148950378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=qv9W%2BIG53Q%2FrClliKLFmb6Xs1spO7lM9lSRMZnbOzhQ%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fimperial-weights-measures-next-stone-085238921.html&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148950378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=qv9W%2BIG53Q%2FrClliKLFmb6Xs1spO7lM9lSRMZnbOzhQ%3D&reserved=0> Hana Fearn on Twitter 2021-09-17 Primary schools started teaching metric in 1974. People from their mid-fifties down only know this system of measurement. What a ridiculous waste of human energy this government is https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhannahfearn%2Fstatus%2F1438625285319053318%3Fs%3D20&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148960333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=bdvB2ktE0lM3TW%2B%2By50UnYyL1tnVTdYANaiIHv9Az7Q%3D&reserved=0 <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhannahfearn%2Fstatus%2F1438625285319053318%3Fs%3D20&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148960333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=bdvB2ktE0lM3TW%2B%2By50UnYyL1tnVTdYANaiIHv9Az7Q%3D&reserved=0> The National (A Scottish Independence newspaper) 2021-09-17 How Westminster struggled to impose imperial measures on Scotland once before https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenational.scot%2Fnews%2F19587183.westminster-struggled-impose-imperial-measures-scotland%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148960333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BgI9iNs058eKmzJAG3JSuSP9BaVyPtARX%2FJZpUL14r4%3D&reserved=0 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<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsn.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cb07b1b18fd034592fd2c08d97a4ea203%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637675301148960333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=I5%2FK5NBNRLNXVnrI1RVtXhgT53KS6CRiBT3blK9rIdc%3D&reserved=0> 2021-09-17 The UK could bring back imperial measurements – and the plans are being absolutely roasted on Twitter 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shoppers with imperial weights and measures to return – how it works (Language in the article suggests this is a fait accompli. 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