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Why would Boris Johnson want to bring back imperial units?
Science Weekly
What Was the Driving Force of the Metric System?
The metric system was created during the french revolution. It's associated with what else people know about the french revolution, which is that it's a very anti-religious political revolution. So there's a lot of sort of zenophobic arguments that get mustered to get rid of the imperial system. But wouldn't that resistance to metric have made it really hard for the u k? To trade with neighboring countries? Uh, can respond. We don't need you, because we have our empire to trade with. And that creates its own internal market.
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