Why do we bother with metric?

Posted on 2016-09-23 by philh

A recent question put to UKMA via its web site contact form is one that comes up frequently. Some may consider this surprising as the debate has been going on for at least fifty years. Are we missing something?

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Cash coshed

Posted on 2016-09-15 by Ramsden

In recent weeks, several pro-Brexit newspapers and politicians have raised issues related to the UK’s measurement mess, so we are allowing a Remainer to counter their arguments.

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Continued use of medieval units damages UK’s image abroad

Posted on 2016-09-04 by ronniec

Following the Brexit vote, leading ministers have used a number of buzzwords and phrases to try to promote the UK in a positive light as they talk about new trade deals, free trade, investment, lower taxes and lighter regulation. Can they be serious?

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Brexit – where next?

Posted on 2016-08-25 by Ramsden

Our series of articles on Brexit concludes with speculation on the future for the UK and its measurement muddle.

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Measurement units and the European Economic Community

Posted on 2016-08-19 by Ramsden

In the third of our series of articles we look at EU involvement in the UK’s prolonged metric conversion.

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How the UK created a measurement muddle

Posted on 2016-08-11 by Ramsden

The series of four articles on the outcome of the EU referendum continues with a look at how the current measurement muddle came about.

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Continental Europe, offshore islanders and measurement muddle

Posted on 2016-08-04 by Ramsden

Immediately after the referendum, Metric Views provided some initial thoughts on the outcome. Now, as the dust begins to settle, there is time for a more general view. Over the next four weeks, we shall look at the UK’s relationship with continental Europe, summarize how the current measurement muddle came about, examine the EU’s involvement, and finally speculate on the future course of events.

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150 Years of Legal Metric Usage in the USA

Posted on 2016-07-28 by ronniec

UKMA is nothing if not internationalist in its outlook. So today, 28 July 2016, we celebrate a significant anniversary for the use of the metric system in the USA. It marks 150 years of legal metric usage in the USA.

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Imperial holdouts in the UK in 2016

Posted on 2016-07-23 by ronniec

Who is still stubbornly clinging on to imperial units in the UK in 2016?  Metric views takes stock.

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The Ins and Outs of Government

Posted on 2016-07-16 by Ramsden

We take a metric view of the changes around the Cabinet table.

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