Pippa Musgrave’s messages to Boris Johnson are still relevant to the imperialists in power

Pippa Musgrave is a fully qualified Inspector of Weights and Measures, Food Standards Officer and Trading Standards Officer with over 20 years of experience. When Boris Johnson was prime minister, Pippa wrote some critical messages addressed to him on Twitter about his policy to reintroduce imperial units in the marketplace. Despite the fact that these messages were written in September 2021, they are still relevant to the imperialist politicians who want us to go back to imperial units.

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City of London’s 15 mph plan was another missed opportunity to introduce km/h

Between 2019 and 2022, the City of London planned to become the first UK region with a 15-mph speed limit. This plan was blocked by the Department for Transport because speedometers are not accurate enough for low speeds. It meant that it was not technically possible. Like the mass rollout of the 20-mph speed limit, the plan for a 15-mph speed limit across the City of London was another missed opportunity to introduce km/h speed limits.

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