Platinum Jubilee: Boris Johnson poised to mark celebrations with post-Brexit pledge to bring back pounds and ounces
During the 2019 election campaign Mr Johnson promised a new "era of generosity and tolerance towards traditional measurements" and claimed measuring in pounds and ounces was an "ancient liberty".
Staying with the measurement theme, Boris could mark the celebrations with another announcement. He could announce that his government will scrap Net Zero because there is no prospect whatever that the UK will have any effect on global temperature measurements.
Not having to put up with ridiculous loons who talk down to us about climate change isn't an "ancient liberty", but it could be treated as such to mark the celebrations.
7 comments:
It takes four stones, six pounds and thirteen ounces of petrol to destroy a furlong of Antarctic sea-ice.
And a politician to double it.
As the world may be heading into another 'Maunder Minimum' (spoiler alert - accurate satellite measurements show it hasn't warmed in C21!), the UK gov's anti-CO2 measures could accelerate the cooling! May the ice grow over Parliament and Boris.
So it'll seem warmer with numbers in Fahrenheit.
Well yes. As for ancient liberty, I use imperial anyway, think in imperial.
Sam - petrol? Ah - you mean motor spirit.
Elwyn - it's a political habit - doubles all round.
Ed - an unambiguous cooling trend would be fun although I prefer warming.
James - and we still have miles on road signs. Can't see that changing.
If we are going to revise using our 8, 12 and 16 times tables for purchases we should surely return our coinage to LSD to keep things better divisible. It would also have the benefit of confusing all the European and US visitors.
Woodsy - imagine teachers having to teach it.
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