Most British people understand 50 miles... They don't think 80 Kilometres
If they want to change the discourse the right thing to do is start putting road signs etc in both distances (speeds) and let time do it's thing!
I'll tell you what the hard one to get is... Shirt chest / collar sizes in Imperial when they're swapped in to CM by some manufacturers...
I've worked in Imp & Metric for 40 years because of industry & that still gets me flustered 🤣🤣🤣
commercial scales in Imperial...
It just isn't a war that's being fought except in a few peoples heads!
of Mince... You go in to a Supermarket you buy a pre packaged 500g of Mince...
For most politicians it's a manufactured fight they see no point wasting political capital on - Even the headbangers aren't arguing to ensure all pre-packed products are done in Lbs & Ounces...
No one has a set of
Because fake issues is what keeps control & the BBC news/politics/Current Affairs is totally captured...
Reform & Conservatives are using nostalgia & Britishness 🙄 as the crowbar against EU
You will notice "Pints of Champagne" isn't a news thing anymore 🤔
You go in to a Butchers, you ask for a Lb
people start making the case for it & people are educated in the benefits it can become a thing!
present... It wouldn't take much to move that conversation along! There are MASSIVE benefits for individuals / Companies in adopting € and the old thoughts that a sovereign currency were a tool in the armoury of Gov Vs economy are now well & truly debunked! We may still be a decade away but if
Separate polling repeatedly shown there is a majority acceptance of Freedom of Movement not being an issue.
Schengen is a complete Red Herring as UK already has it's very own Schengen! It's a word used to frighten people!
No one with any reach & clout is talking about the positives of the € at
When did you last visualise 24 London Busses as a reliable distance 🤔 Saw a flood & thought "that's about 1400 football pitches and at least 20,000 Olympic sized swimming pools of water there...
The only reliable sizing of something about the size of Belgium is... well... the size of Belgium! 😁
What we need first is #ElectoralReform then we need all the sensible party's to agree that being in the EU is in the best interests of the country & the electorate & each adopt it as an official position!
When we have a solid Gov with concessions & compromise they can all move forward together!
would you like us to drive on the right too 🤔🤣🤣🤣
Donald Trump started a war... now he's desperately trying to dig his way out of the mess he's caused...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
An Authoritarian Theocracy...
Leicester City fans are looking at some unusual fixtures for next season...
#FunnyOldGame
bicycle - standard road bike is 700 and inner / outer rim widths all mm - although 700 is actually 622mm rim... go figure!
Smaller wheels for gravel / mtb 650
Though people still get a 29er...... 🤔
When someone packages inner tubes as 27 1/2" it throws you completely!
🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏 Olympic Swimming Pools is another... does your head in!
Mmmm some bikes! Road Bike wheels are usually 700 although you so see some inner tubes still using inches which confuses the hell out of the job!
really? Wow!!!
great factoid!
99% of that audience have been metric for 75% (or 3/4 😉) of their lives... take miles, Lbs of mince & pint away and they don't understand or remember anything of the imperial weights & measures... probably half of them have only ever known a metric system!
It's just another fake issue!
🤔 unless we start changing road signs & speed limits to KM there's always going to be miles...
Interesting 🤔 pro bike racing fact... even in UK coverage is in KM... but domestic club events use miles!
The only other country that uses miles for their races... America!
3/16ths of an inch 😉
protecting their access... 🙄
TBF that's fairly standard Suella Bravermann... an immigrant who pulls up drawbridges... Who hates other immigrants... an Erasmus student who doesn't vote for others to have the same experience & opportunity... A woman with deep seated issues!
🤣🤣🤣 Donald Trump... lead 🤡 in American 🎪
I see the push for #TacticalVoting is starting to gain momentum again 🙄 The only reason anyone thinks we need tactical voting is because:
a/There hasn't been enough outcry over the policies & performance of Reform
b/The rest of the political party's aren't offering a bright future to the electorate
the days before every house had a phone... (knowing) & phoning a public phone box & waiting for someone to answer so you could ask them to go & get XYZ from number 22! Or arranging to phone someone at a certain time & someone had got there before them & phone was engaged for 20 minutes...
There will be a lot of things that Governments have done in the interim period that won't stand the test of time either...
What might seem like a good move today may well be looked at as an absolutely stupid idea in years to come!
Again it's the social media companies that don't ensure all accounts are verified that are the real problem!
Fake accounts + AI = societal disintegration & hate!
Well that's a bit of a slap for the Labour faction / ex Labour splitters & their supporters who couldn't wait to have a go at Starmer...
Deep filled crow pie anyone 🤔