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Why would Boris Johnson want to bring back imperial units?

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The eu. Introduced a directive back in the year two thousand that meant traders were legally required to use the metric system. But now that u kay's left the u is it time to revive imperial units once more? In the u k you can sell products using imperial units, as long as you also list the metric equivalent. The department of bus ness, energy and industrial strategy launched a consultation on all of this last week. It has attracted its fair share of criticism but i don't think it's about cats. We whether dead or alive, it's about freedom of choice.

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