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ACTIVE RESISTANCE TO METRICATION – WHY?

Why does A.R.M. resist going metric?

Because…

The people of the British Isles have always used traditional measures (known today as Imperial Weights and Measures)
Imperial measures are ‘user-friendly’: “inch”, “mile”, “pound”, “ounce” etc.
There was never any valid reason for going metric. The most powerful country in the world, the USA, saw no need to change to metric
Imperial measures are part of our language, “An inch is as good as a mile”, “pound of flesh” etc.
Imperial measures are used daily:
- – pints on our pubs
- – road signs are in miles, yards, feet and inches
- – 7″, 10″ and 12″ pizzas
- – babies in pounds and ounces
- – heights in feet and inches
- – weights in stones and pounds…and so on.

Find out more about us – and our historic campaign which saved miles and yards on our road signs – hopefully for ever

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We are best known for our contribution to stopping the government wasting £1 or 2 billion on trying to change Britain’s 2 million road signs to kilometres and metres.

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British remain unique in Europe by holding onto imperial weights and measures. Regarding the UK’s relationship with its neighbours, can it ever adopt the metric mindset?

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Together we are stronger

Active Resistance to Metrication was formed in April 2001. Fifteen months earlier (January 2000), the Labour government ordered shopkeepers and market traders to buy new scales in metric and sell in kilograms and grams instead of pounds and ounces.

At the same time, the government planned to spend £1 billion or more of your money changing every single road sign, road markings and footpath sign from Imperial into metric – despite road traffic laws saying that signs must be in Imperial only.

The government sneakily began putting up a handful of signs in kilometres. The only way we could stop them was by taking direct action and putting them back into miles and yards.

You’ll find much more on our website about how we won the campaign to ‘Save the Mile’.

Our campaign has activists: “Spotters” who tell us about illegal signs in kilometres and metres, and “Activists” who do the work of actually changing these signs back into miles and yards.

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OUR CAMPAIGN IS POWERED BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU

Do you buy petrol by the gallon or the litre? Cheese by the ounce or the gram? Do you drink pints or 1/2 litres? And just how far is Dover from Calais – 21 miles or 34km?

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how we saved the mile

Find out on our website how we won the campaign to save the mile – the connection with the decision of the Olympics Committee to hold the 2012 games in London – and how former Labour leader Neil Kinnock inadvertently helped our campaign!

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Our mission and vision

Today, the UK uses a mixture of imperial and metric measurements. Metric units are used in most official contexts, such as government, business, and education. However, imperial units are still widely used in everyday life, particularly for measuring height, weight, distance, and volume.