After Brexit, Britain will regain its sovereignty, announced Boris Johnson – and is now taking the first steps. First the units of measurement pound and ounce are to be reintroduced. Critics believe that this could confuse the population.
Old unit of measure, new unit of measure: As a result of Brexit, Great Britain canceled numerous EU regulations, thus smoothing the return to the pound and ounce labeling of goods. The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that it would reintroduce the imperial system of weights and measures, the newspaper “The Times” reported on Friday. This means that in future shops will only be able to label their goods in pounds and ounces – under EU rules this was only allowed if the weight was also specified in kilograms. Brexit supporters were a thorn in the side of the ban, they are now celebrating the return to English traditions.
It is now also allowed to print the royal crown on pint glasses. As the “Crown Stamp”, the symbol indicated the correct standard size of the vessels for centuries. EU rules introduced in 2007, which the then EU member Great Britain had to adhere to, replaced the crown with the uniform CE mark.
Critic: New units of measurement could create confusion
The return to the old names and symbols is considered a demonstrative step to further differentiate oneself from the EU. Rigid EU rules that ignored British traditions were an important argument for Brexit supporters in the emotional debate about leaving the EU.
Johnson had announced that Britain would regain its sovereignty with Brexit. Critics of the measure emphasize that the return to the old system is likely to cause great confusion, as almost all under 40-year-olds are no longer used to calculating in pounds and ounces. Distances, on the other hand, were always given in miles instead of kilometers, even in EU times.
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