US EditionBrexit: government ditches Boris Johnson's return to imperial measures with 98.7% of people against it
- The UK government has decided not to change the rules on selling in imperial measures after Brexit, following a consultation where nearly 99% of respondents favored using metric units.
- However, restrictions on how wine is sold in shops and supermarkets will be changed, allowing for new bottle sizes such as 500ml and 200ml containers.
- These new sizes will only apply to wine sold in the UK and it is uncertain how producers and bottlers will respond to the demand for pint-sized wine bottles.
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98.7 percent of Britons do not want the old, British units of measurement to return after Brexit, as promised by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Faced with legal “risks”, the quantities of products sold in the country must always be displayed on packaging primarily in kilos or liters. Or according to the metric system.
The British government announced on Wednesday that it was abandoning the idea of returning to the imperial system of measurements (ounces, inches, etc.), which former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had turned into a symbol of the benefits of Brexit, AFP and Agerpres reported.
Brexit promise broken by Sunak as return of imperial measurements scrapped
The Government stopped short of a post-Brexit overhaul of the measurement system, despite Boris Johnson planning to change the rules.The former Prime Minister said the UK would look at changing its measurement system as part of a wider overhaul of retained EU rules. But Sunak has decided against pursuing the change.This came after nearly 99 per cent of people responded to a consultation saying they would prefer to stick with the metric system.EU…
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