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		<title>Howe calls for metrication progress</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/howe-calls-for-metrication-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/howe-calls-for-metrication-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lord Howe of Aberavon, the former Conservative Chancellor and Deputy Prime Minister, intervened in the Queen’s Speech debate on Tuesday to reiterate his call for the Government to complete the conversion of the UK’s weights and measures to metric units. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/05/howe-calls-for-metrication-progress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DfT admits: no basis for blocking metric signs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/dft-admits-no-basis-for-blocking-metric-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/dft-admits-no-basis-for-blocking-metric-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After finally admitting they were wrong to try to withhold this information, the DfT have now published their analysis of the responses to their earlier consultation on the proposed phasing out of imperial-only height and width restriction traffic signs.  What &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/dft-admits-no-basis-for-blocking-metric-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The link between measurement skills and numeracy</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor numeracy is blighting Britain&#8217;s economic performance and ruining lives, says a new charity launched to champion better maths skills. You can find recent BBC reports on this topic on the following web pages: &#8220;Could you do this calculation?&#8221;, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17236806 &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/03/the-link-between-measurement-skills-and-numeracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Speed, momentum and resistance</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/speed-momentum-and-resistance/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/speed-momentum-and-resistance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Which is preferable: a swift metric transition or a leisurely one? UKMA would have preferred the former. Successive UK governments have opted for the latter, believing that it carries less risk to their popularity. Ronnie Cohen assesses progress. Despite the &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/speed-momentum-and-resistance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The generation gap</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/the-generation-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/the-generation-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his recent article “Why I …”,  Ronnie Cohen looked at the present to explain why he believes the UK should complete the transition to metric units. However, some of those who commented on his article also looked back. In &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/the-generation-gap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>FAQs about the transition to metric signs on UK roads</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/transition-to-metric-signs-on-uk-roads-faqs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/transition-to-metric-signs-on-uk-roads-faqs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers have commented recently on the obstacles to the transition to metric-only signs on Britain’s roads. This has prompted Metric Views to offer answers to some Frequently Asked Questions on this subject. In 2006, the UK Metric Association (UKMA) produced &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/transition-to-metric-signs-on-uk-roads-faqs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why I became involved with measurement matters</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our readers has written to explain why he became interested in the campaign to complete Britain&#8217;s prolonged metric changeover. Ronnie Cohen wrote recently to Metric Views: &#8220;Out of all the bread-and-butter issues that top the political agenda, you &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Battle of the dinosaurs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Views from abroad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metric Views marks the end of 2011 by drawing attention to a recent exchange of letters in the Irish Times, one looking backwards, the other with a message to take into 2012. This letter appeared on 15 December 2011: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/letters/2011/1215/1224309100241.html &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Which? sees the light – and Panorama joins in</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By an odd co-incidence both “Which?” magazine and the BBC’s flagship “Panorama” programme  have recently run stories on the scams employed by the big supermarkets to prevent customers from comparing “value for money” in their weekly shopping. However, despite their &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Heading for the exit?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Problems of sovereign debt in the eurozone have seen the UK side-tracked in EU decision making, and, say some commentators, headed for the exit. Is this situation likely to impact on the UK’s stalled metric changeover? The editors of Metric &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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