A wave of islander and traditionalist nostalgia in Britain after Brexit .
The Conservative government, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, today gave the green light to the possibility for retailers to use only imperial measures, such as pounds (pounds) and ounces, for the weights of their products.
With the divorce of London from Brussels, in fact, the obligation to expose and indicate the measures in the metric system introduced in 2000 has ceased.
It was then Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair who ordered thousands of British traders to replace (or at least add to) the traditional imperial pound to the more European metric system.
The exhibitors who had never liked grams and kilos, felt like an imposition by the European Union, therefore rejoice.
It is very likely that in the major centers of the Kingdom, little or nothing changes, particularly in supermarkets, while local shopkeepers from the most rural areas of the country, especially England, are ready to welcome the initiative. In addition, pubs will be able to serve pints with the crown stamp printed on the glass, prohibited by EU directives.
(Unioneonline / F)
