Measurements barely anyone under the age of 40 knows! Yay!
Yeah that’s what’s important right now
Populist drivel, probably will be lapped up by Brexit types though which is all the more depressing
I really don’t understand it, large swathes of the populace won’t have been taught these measurements in school.
What benefit does it bring anyone?
I don’t get it. There’s nothing about imperial measurements that makes them superior to Metric. We might as well go back to Pounds and Shillings. I hate having to Google subdivisions of imperial units.
Mark the celebration of the redundant monarchy with a revival of redundant measurements!
The only people who operate in pounds and ounces are dealers.
Imperial measures are passing from living memory, as hopefully is the acceptability of admitting to being a tory in public. Both are inevitable, one despite the government, the other because of the government.
All 20 of the people clamouring for this on dusty internet forums will be thrilled lol
Definitely can’t see this being used as a stealthy way to raise prices too
Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee by sending us back 70 years. How apt.
Whether Johnson wants stones and pounds or kilos and grams bullshit will still weigh the same.
BJ will be getting a reach around from JRM for this.
The article is light on detail, and we might not have detail for some time, but it seems like it might just be limited to allowing shopkeepers to display things in imperial measurements without also displaying them in metric. In that case, I’d still grumble, but it’s not so bad.
The worst thing is introducing needless cost and complexity into supply chains in the middle of a supply chain crisis and a price inflation crisis. The benefits of having everything conform to standard measures are immeasurable, particularly when considering international trade (with which we already have tons of needless overhead due to… you know…).
My opinion of Boris was damaged after partygate, but now that I’ll be able to buy food in pounds and ounces I fully support him /s
Im going to put this in the ‘never going to happen’ pile
Its basically red meat, for the Brexit fools, who want to take us back a few generations.
Boris johnson bids for jubilee boost with return of the slave trade
Oh really? Well Johnson can fuck off. He can toss out as many dead cats as he wants, the people know he’s a liar and lied to Parliament, so he needs to be ousted.
Convenient way for companies to hide even more shrinkflation.
People won’t understand the weights, nor how to compare them to products sold under the old system.
Great so now I’ve got to contend with Asda marketing none Asda brands in yardlings to understand whether they’re trying to rip me off or not.
Fuck this regression, fuck anyone that voted for it.
Where’s the newsthump tag, what in the literal fuck.
I’m all in favour of this. Up until now it’s been much too challenging to tell if the shop you’re buying from is owned by tossers.
Thank god, I won’t have to ask for a “568ml” of lager at the pub any more.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? Why is this a thing you backwards thinking fucknugget?
The tories are truly going to drag us back to the 1950s
Brexit supporting Tory voters who support this really need to be told what stupid fucks they are!
We should stop treating people who vote Tory like it’s some protected characteristic. They actively support the damage being done to this country!
If you vote Tory and still consider doing so, FUCK YOU!
I thought this was satire when I heard it earlier.
Christ, we are beyond fucked.
I actually think opposition parties should run hard against this. Say it shows the govt. have no sensible plan for the future and are dealing in inanities. Mock them for this joke of a policy. Show that the Tories aren’t serious about improving the nation.
“Downing Street will hope it shores up support among key Brexiteer voters in battleground seats which Tories are currently in danger of losing”
By bringing back pounds and ounces? Who the fuck votes on something that trivial?
Are we on fucking bizzaro world???!!
The price of energy is sky high and Petrol is like £1.66 a -LITRE- at best and we are worried about shite like this?
Fuck the queen and fuck your dinosaur imperial measurements you fucking daft fat blonde twat.
As a physicist, fuck off Boris. SI units are the standard for a reason. Imperial measurements are horribly inefficient and unscientific.
Suggesting something this brain dead should automatically lose you your job as prime minister. All that money on private education for him to end up that moronic.
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Measurements barely anyone under the age of 40 knows! Yay!
Yeah that’s what’s important right now
Populist drivel, probably will be lapped up by Brexit types though which is all the more depressing
I really don’t understand it, large swathes of the populace won’t have been taught these measurements in school.
What benefit does it bring anyone?
I don’t get it. There’s nothing about imperial measurements that makes them superior to Metric. We might as well go back to Pounds and Shillings. I hate having to Google subdivisions of imperial units.
Mark the celebration of the redundant monarchy with a revival of redundant measurements!
The only people who operate in pounds and ounces are dealers.
Imperial measures are passing from living memory, as hopefully is the acceptability of admitting to being a tory in public. Both are inevitable, one despite the government, the other because of the government.
All 20 of the people clamouring for this on dusty internet forums will be thrilled lol
Definitely can’t see this being used as a stealthy way to raise prices too
Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee by sending us back 70 years. How apt.
Whether Johnson wants stones and pounds or kilos and grams bullshit will still weigh the same.
BJ will be getting a reach around from JRM for this.
The article is light on detail, and we might not have detail for some time, but it seems like it might just be limited to allowing shopkeepers to display things in imperial measurements without also displaying them in metric. In that case, I’d still grumble, but it’s not so bad.
The worst thing is introducing needless cost and complexity into supply chains in the middle of a supply chain crisis and a price inflation crisis. The benefits of having everything conform to standard measures are immeasurable, particularly when considering international trade (with which we already have tons of needless overhead due to… you know…).
My opinion of Boris was damaged after partygate, but now that I’ll be able to buy food in pounds and ounces I fully support him /s
Im going to put this in the ‘never going to happen’ pile
Its basically red meat, for the Brexit fools, who want to take us back a few generations.
Boris johnson bids for jubilee boost with return of the slave trade
Oh really? Well Johnson can fuck off. He can toss out as many dead cats as he wants, the people know he’s a liar and lied to Parliament, so he needs to be ousted.
Convenient way for companies to hide even more shrinkflation.
People won’t understand the weights, nor how to compare them to products sold under the old system.
Great so now I’ve got to contend with Asda marketing none Asda brands in yardlings to understand whether they’re trying to rip me off or not.
Fuck this regression, fuck anyone that voted for it.
Where’s the newsthump tag, what in the literal fuck.
I’m all in favour of this. Up until now it’s been much too challenging to tell if the shop you’re buying from is owned by tossers.
Thank god, I won’t have to ask for a “568ml” of lager at the pub any more.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? Why is this a thing you backwards thinking fucknugget?
The tories are truly going to drag us back to the 1950s
Brexit supporting Tory voters who support this really need to be told what stupid fucks they are!
We should stop treating people who vote Tory like it’s some protected characteristic. They actively support the damage being done to this country!
If you vote Tory and still consider doing so, FUCK YOU!
I thought this was satire when I heard it earlier.
Christ, we are beyond fucked.
I actually think opposition parties should run hard against this. Say it shows the govt. have no sensible plan for the future and are dealing in inanities. Mock them for this joke of a policy. Show that the Tories aren’t serious about improving the nation.
“Downing Street will hope it shores up support among key Brexiteer voters in battleground seats which Tories are currently in danger of losing”
By bringing back pounds and ounces? Who the fuck votes on something that trivial?
Are we on fucking bizzaro world???!!
The price of energy is sky high and Petrol is like £1.66 a -LITRE- at best and we are worried about shite like this?
Fuck the queen and fuck your dinosaur imperial measurements you fucking daft fat blonde twat.
As a physicist, fuck off Boris. SI units are the standard for a reason. Imperial measurements are horribly inefficient and unscientific.
Suggesting something this brain dead should automatically lose you your job as prime minister. All that money on private education for him to end up that moronic.