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Was A Bunch Of Bananas The Cause Of Brexit?
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Was this the time when we decided we'd had enough of EUSSR regs?
Was this the time when we decided we'd had enough of EUSSR regs?
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Of course it was. Along with the shape of them. The type of Vacuum cleaner we can purchase,lightbulbs, and loads of other pettifogging dictats they forced on us by their unelected parliament. Enough is enough and the majority knew it. Germany and our French Corporal tried to dictate to us before and failed. We are not going to continue to be dictated to.
Compulsory metrication was originally recommended by the Hodgson Committee in 1949.
The British Standards Institution indicated that a poll of its members recommended metrication in 1963.
When I started secondary education in 1964, we were told that we were no longer to use imperial measures and that we must think and work entirely in metric ones.
In 1965 the CBI advised the Government that its members favoured metrication.
The Standing Joint Committee on metrication was appointed in 1966 and two tears later the Government approved its recommendation that metrication should be completed by 1975.
The UK didn't join the EEC until 1973, so the metrication policy had absolutely nothing to do with an diktats from that body.
There are still greengrocers around here who price their fruit and veg using imperial units. I refuse to buy from them and I actively discourage others from doing so. Dinosaurs belong in museums.
The British Standards Institution indicated that a poll of its members recommended metrication in 1963.
When I started secondary education in 1964, we were told that we were no longer to use imperial measures and that we must think and work entirely in metric ones.
In 1965 the CBI advised the Government that its members favoured metrication.
The Standing Joint Committee on metrication was appointed in 1966 and two tears later the Government approved its recommendation that metrication should be completed by 1975.
The UK didn't join the EEC until 1973, so the metrication policy had absolutely nothing to do with an diktats from that body.
There are still greengrocers around here who price their fruit and veg using imperial units. I refuse to buy from them and I actively discourage others from doing so. Dinosaurs belong in museums.
the amount of "anti EU" propaganda in the lead up to the Brexit vote was laughable to anyone who actually done any research into the claims! but typically, people like to be outraged over their morning coffee so they'll believe the press.
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chuck, it's asked in good faith, do you think the whole "metric martyr" debacle back in 2000, sowed the seeds of brexit? That is the subject of the link. There's a 1000 posts on brexit, my position is well known, I don't need an excuse to post on brexit, this, I thought was an interesting theory from the author of the BBC article.
I actually think there’s some truth in the theory that people voted leave because they think the EU has the power to straighten bananas. The general public are generally thick enough to believe such things. This is an interesting webpage:
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And then there’s lightbulbs, paint stripper and weed killer to think about.
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And then there’s lightbulbs, paint stripper and weed killer to think about.
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