Remembering a tenacious campaigner

Posted on 2018-06-14 by Ramsden

It is with sadness we report that Anne Attlee, leader of the Metric Sense Campaign for almost forty years, passed away peacefully at the age of 87 on 31 May 2018.

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Road traffic signs mark a soft border

Posted on 2018-06-07 by ronniec

The Irish Border has appeared frequently in the news as a major obstacle to a withdrawal agreement between the UK and the remaining 27 EU member states. In this article, Ronnie Cohen looks at a ‘soft’ characteristic of the current border – the change of measurement units on road traffic signs.

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Liberia joins the club

Posted on 2018-05-31 by Ramsden

We comment on reports that Liberia intends to adopt the metric system.

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Carry on muddling

Posted on 2018-05-25 by Ramsden

In these uncertain times, politicians are often keen to point out areas where Britain leads the world. We have a suggestion: creating a measurement muddle. Examples follow.

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Ignorance is bliss, or perhaps not

Posted on 2018-05-17 by Ramsden

One of our regular contributors, Jake, has drawn our attention to a story that recently appeared on the BBC web site.

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cm versus mm

Posted on 2018-05-11 by Ramsden

As the UK’s metric changeover drags on with no end in sight, we consider if the advantages of encouraging widespread use of the centimetre outweigh the risks.

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An Imperial Royal baby

Posted on 2018-05-03 by Ramsden

Our post on 23 April reported briefly on that day’s addition to the Royal family. John Frewen-Lord, one of our regular contributors, now discusses some related issues.

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A lesson from Sweden

Posted on 2018-04-26 by Ramsden

We do not suggest that the UK should switch from driving on the left to driving on the right, but we ask if there are lessons from Sweden’s switch in 1967 that might be applied to the oft-postponed changeover of UK’s road traffic signs to metric.

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It’s a boy

Posted on 2018-04-23 by Ramsden

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to her third child.

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Minutes, TfL and ‘Legible London’

Posted on 2018-04-12 by Ramsden

Visitors to the capital may have been surprised by the use of “minutes” to measure distance on many pedestrian signs. Metric Views has now come across correspondence between Ronnie Cohen and Transport for London (TfL) that provides the explanation.

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