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In the run-up to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Boris Johnson is reportedly set to mark the occasion in a unique way that has divided opinion. A Cabinet source has claimed that the Prime ...

The UK government has released a 23-item list of things it will pursue now that it’s no longer part of the European Union. And one item in particular is raising quite a few eyebrows. Prime Minister ...

Now that the United Kingdom is outside the European Union, it’s reviewing thousands of EU rules and regulations to see which it should jettison. Among them is the compulsory use of the metric system ...

Recently I heard a news item on TV that the European Union has agreed to allow the United Kingdom to keep the imperial system of measurement (foot, pound) in parallel with the metric system (meter, ...

The good news is that Imperial forces are losing the battle for planetary dominance. The bad news is that we’re on their team. The British Imperial System of measurement, born in 1824, was an ...

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The ongoing use of the imperial system in the United States, despite the global adoption of the metric system, raises intriguing questions about tradition, practicality, and cultural identity. This ...