http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7677438.stm

[Don't jump to conclusions. The BBC report may not be accurate, as it makes no sense.  The Minister cannot change the law, nor can he require TSOs not to enforce the law.  Guidance issued by LACORS already recommends that enforcement action should be "proportionate" (who would advocate "disproportionate" action?).

So it may just be the usual cynical media spin on a non-event. - Ed]

I think the authorities were in error,they should have come down on the bakers like a ‘tonne’ of bricks!

Something else about these ‘wonderful’ measures.In a number of US states the so-called ‘commercial acre’ is recognized as a measuring unit. It measures only 36 000 ft² or 0.334 ha. So watch out when you want to buy land in the USA! When a number of years ago Spanish bakers attempted to sell ‘kilograms’ of bread weighing 900 g, the authorities came down on them like a ton of bricks. Or should these bakers have been allowed to do this?

Now get this, if you are very handy with maths and a customer self selects a quantity of produce and takes it in the bag to be price weighed in price per Kg how does that customer know the correct price per KG has been entered? The customer doesn,t and far be it from me to allegedly state that higher pricing per Kg were entered, than the equivelent of price per Lb on display, but I see no reason to do that other than the possibilty to accidentally defrauding that customer !! QED.

This lost cause by UKIP and the Metric Martyrs and the British Weights and Measures group run by one man – has taken a huge amount of effort time and money, wasted police and trading standards, and the courts resources and as Tabitha states it clearly – but then who has been wasting everyones time? I would put it to you Tabitha – the traders, certainly not the public and certainly not the highly qualified metrology officers of Trading Standards who after all are the servants of the people ensuring a fair and level playing field for all.
This 10 year battle for the last remaining few who want to insist on fighting progress, uder the banner of what!? escapes me.

I also got to learn about the acronym “bogof” (which I have never heard here in the States but looked up via Google

In case you did not read the comments on the Daily Telegraph website, (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/10/12/dl1203.xml) may I take the liberty of reproducing my posting there:

“In order to preserve a level playing field, the Government has rightly prescribed certain terminology that may and may not be used when traders describe their wares. In particular, the Government has seen fit to require traders to price many types of fruit and vegetables by the kilogram, not by the bowl, the pound or any other unit. These rules apply equally to Fortum and Mason, to Harrods, to Tesco and to street market traders. Why does Mrs Devers try to claim exemption from these rules? What is she trying to hide?”

Wall Street for decades has been fighting to be deregulated in an effort to keep big government out of their business. These past few weeks we have seen the results of what deregulation, no government interference and do what you want accomplishes. The stock market crash and losses of trillions in investors funds shows what happens when there are no rules.

If the remnant imperialists got their way the market place would be flooded with cheating and fraud and there would be nothing the consumer could do to protect themselves. Thus it is in the best interests of everyone to have rules for what units are to be used and to prosecute those who try to flout the rules. It is not a waste of police time to enforce the metric rules. It is a waste of police time when some think they are above the law  and the police have to do their job to protect the consumers.