Imperial measurements are “universally understood” in Britain, Downing Street declared today over Boris Johnson ’s pounds and ounces push that’s been blasted as a “distraction”.
No10 claimed non-metric units are “widely used and understood” as the Prime Minister prepares to announce a departure from EU rules on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Since 2000 greengrocers and butchers have had to sell food using grams and kilos under EU law. They can label food in pounds and ounces too, as long as the font isn’t bigger than the metric sign.
