In response to UKMA’s patron, Lord Howe, the junior Health Minister, Baroness Thornton said she “absolutely agreed” that it is “time for all of us, in all parties,…. to work together to clear up this long-standing and very British mess.” She added “This is a matter that will solve itself over time but it is our job in government to move as fast as we can towards people recognising and feeling comfortable using metric calculations.”
Archive for February, 2010
Minister agrees it is time to clear up “very British mess”
Friday, February 26th, 2010Spare a thought for any would-be Brysons out there
Sunday, February 21st, 2010What units do you choose when you are writing travel books and other popular non-fiction for English speakers, wherever they might be found? (Article written by a reader of Bill Bryson’s books) (more…)
Muddle in Myanmar too?
Sunday, February 14th, 2010One of our readers in the US, Ezra Steinberg, provides this comment on the situation in Myanmar. (more…)