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I secretly feel this is the real reason for Brexit (avoiding the metric system).

• brigandish 6y ago
  The metric system is everywhere in Britain. Brexit was about returning to and retaining common law, as Roger Scuton so eloquently lays out in this speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLJYW0_F38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyLJYW0_F38
  • Jedd 6y ago
    Which? Returning to, or retaining? I wonder if he'd lived, he'd have changed his opinion from 4 years ago, given the dogs breakfast that is the current transition process, run by a non-representative collection of opportunists.
    • brigandish 6y ago
      > Which? Returning to, or retaining? They're not mutually exclusive. > I wonder if he'd lived, he'd have changed his opinion He did appear to be making his decision based on principle, not process, so I doubt it.
      • Jedd 6y ago
        I did watch the video you shared, btw, but I didn't feel his argument was especially persuasive. With ~45 years or EEC/EC/EU membership to refer to, there were zero examples offered where this ostensible move away from common law had actually manifested, let alone in a negative way. Actually, I thought his position seemed to be the standard nebulously nostalgic nationalism. I don't recall common law being a talking point in any of the leave / remain discussions and marketing. Cameron originally couched the question purely around economics -- which unfortunately made the public debate, such as it was, vulnerable to grossly influential outright lies around money. The famous '£350m a week’ lie, f.e. This then seemed to morph (or was manufactured) into some kind of national identity existential crisis. Perhaps I read it all wrong though.