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		<title>The generation gap</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/02/the-generation-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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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		<title>FAQs about the transition to metric signs on UK roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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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		<title>Why I became involved with measurement matters</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<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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		<title>Battle of the dinosaurs</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/battle-of-the-dinosaurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></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>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Which? sees the light – and Panorama joins in</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<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>16</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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		<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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		<title>Who should pay for metrication of road signs?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Transport have claimed that converting road signs to show metric units would be an unjustifiable diversion of resources from other priority areas.  So is there an argument that the costs should be met from some other budget?  &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/who-should-pay-for-metrication-of-road-signs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>A very Caribbean muddle</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/a-very-caribbean-muddle/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/a-very-caribbean-muddle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metric Views has received news on the progress of metrication in the Caribbean. This article deals with metrication in the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This comprises Haiti, Suriname (a former Dutch colony), and thirteen former British colonies &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/a-very-caribbean-muddle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>&quot;Can the economy survive without a national measurement system?&quot;</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/06/can-the-economy-survive-without-a-national-measurement-system/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/06/can-the-economy-survive-without-a-national-measurement-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was the question posed at a recent seminar organised by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee in Portcullis House, opposite the Palace of Westminster. Typically, however, the keynote speeches skirted around the central problem. The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee is &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/06/can-the-economy-survive-without-a-national-measurement-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ASDA downsizes strawberries &#8211; brilliant publicity stunt</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports in the tabloid media suggest that Asda has reverted to selling strawberries in “pounds”.  So what has really happened? The Sun got the story first on Friday, 27 May, and ran it as follows. ASDA is going back to &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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