Protecting and promoting British weights and measures
The proof that compulsory metrication arose from an EC Directive in 1971, and not a decision taken domestically in 1965 by the UK government.
Illegal metric road signs have been appearing up and down the country, and evidence suggests the government could be gearing up for an expensive and disruptive conversion to metric signage.
Since its adoption during the 1980s, metric conversion has been a disaster for British consumers. Metric units promote conditions in which product reduction can take place at any time without consumers knowing.
Discover the BWMA's resource for learning and using imperial weights and measures, designed for those who weren't taught to use them at school.