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		<title>Surprisingly balanced article in the Daily Mail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article about metrication appeared in the Daily Mail Online recently, describing the current situation reasonably well – but arguing that the current British mixture of metric and imperial measurements is actually a good thing since it enables people &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bizarre 2/3 pint proposal to go ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite widespread ridicule, the Government has persisted with the previous Government&#8217;s barmy proposal to introduce a 2/3 pint measure for draught beer and cider.  Under the pretence of  &#8220;removing unnecessary red tape&#8221;, it has actually resisted calls for genuine deregulation. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will the European Commission challenge US labelling rules?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/01/will-the-european-commission-challenge-us-labelling-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent posting by NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) has prompted this question: Are American labelling requirements now illegal under WTO rules? NIST, which is part of the US Department of Commerce, recently issued the following statement &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/01/will-the-european-commission-challenge-us-labelling-rules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BIS sticks with pints of beer (but only on draught)</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/11/bis-sticks-with-pints-of-beer-but-only-on-draught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As expected the Business Department has refused to permit sales of draught beer and cider in convenient metric measures – but its reasoning is bizarre. Background – fixed package sizes In October 2008 the then National Weights and Measures Laboratory &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2009/11/bis-sticks-with-pints-of-beer-but-only-on-draught/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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