East End grocer put on trial for refusing to submit to metric system
The same old lies are still being peddled. If this crops up in any forum you frequent, make sure to point out:
Mrs Devers has been hailed as the latest "Metric Martyr" to challenge regulations originally from the EU which were aimed at outlawing the use of Imperial measurements in the UK.
UK law does *not* outlaw the use of Imperial measurements. Mrs Devers is quite entitled to have prices per pound (weight) on signs if she wishes. What she is not allowed to do is to omit the signs bearing the official units of the realm. She is even entitled to use weighing scales that can measure pound weight (again, as long as they also are capable of displaying the official units).
The corollory is that if a Europhile trader wished to display prices per euro (currency) he is entitled to do so, but he would also have to display prices in the official currency (sterling) also.
The anti-metric lobby in the UK always dishonestly portrays these laws as banning imperial, as opposed to mandating metric. Far from these 'martyrs' wishing to offer their customers a choice, they seek to deny it.
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