[ikt]

is this an out of season april fools joke?

[cstross]

Nope, it's a genuine proposal from Jacob Rees-Mogg's department.

Leaving aside that, in his mid-fifties, Mogg is probably too young to have learned imperial units at school ...

[irdc]

Isn't that the point? It'll be familiar to older people, thus proving how they're super to today's youth. (/s)

[kbrkbr]

That was also my first thought. I see only cost and no benefit. Except maybe when you have a cargo cult mindset and think that returning these measures will return Britain‘s glory. Can anyone name one benefit?