London speed limits make front page news

Posted on 2018-08-09 by ronniec

Ronnie Cohen, one of our regular contributors, wonders why it  will be easy to find the cash to reduce speed limits in London but has been impossible to convert them to metric.

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2017 Laws of Cricket (or how not to specify quantities)

Posted on 2018-07-30 by Ramsden

With the cricket season in full swing, Martin Vlietstra highlights some aspects of the laws of the game. Martin is on the active panel of qualified cricket umpires, and also comments frequently on articles posted on Metric Views.
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Mixed messages from Farnborough

Posted on 2018-07-16 by Ramsden

We speculate on the implications of two announcements today from the Farnborough Air Show.
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Isolationist or Imperialist?

Posted on 2018-07-05 by ronniec

On the eve of a showdown Cabinet meeting on Brexit, one of our frequent contributors, Ronnie Cohen, asks if British attitudes both to the EU and to this country’s metric changeover are part of the same mindset.
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Energy units – muddle in the making?

Posted on 2018-06-30 by Ramsden

It was decided early in the 1990s that the unit for pricing of domestic gas should change from the therm to the kilowatt hour, which is a metric unit but not SI. We ask if this made ‘metric sense’.
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Metric Underground

Posted on 2018-06-22 by Ramsden

We note the latest contract for the renewal of London Transport’s Underground fleet.
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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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