> the government will launch consultations on how to change the law on weights and other measurements to capitalise on freedoms after leaving the European Union

> the government will launch consultations on how to change the law on weights and other measurements to capitalise on freedoms after leaving the European Union I wish journalists didn't blindly repeat people's claims about motivations. It doesn't take much sophistication to think that people often aren't open about their motivations (they often don't realize what they are), and that sophisticated public communicators such as powerful politicians tend to lie about them in order to manipulate the public. Another disruptive, populist distraction, and I'm sure Johnson knows it.