Boris Johnson to reportedly bring back imperial measurements to mark platinum jubilee

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Boris Johnson to reportedly bring back imperial measurements to mark platinum jubilee
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Move is an apparent attempt to win support from Brexit voters in seats Tories fear losing

Boris Johnson is expected to announce that British shops will be allowed to sell products in pounds and ounces.Boris Johnson is expected to announce that British shops will be allowed to sell products in pounds and ounces.

Since 1995, goods sold in Europe have had to display metric weights and measurements. And since 2000 when the EU’s weights and measures directive came into force, traders have been legally required to use metric units for the sale by weight or measure of fresh produce, which became a recurring issue for Eurosceptics about Brussels’ supposed interference in British life.

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