In a move typical of obfuscatory government everywhere, on Friday 3 June, a public holiday, the UK government slipped out a purported consultation on the suggestion of the UK reverting from metric to Imperial measurements.

I’m not going to rehearse the arguments here – I have better things to do, like cook dinner. However my polite response is basically: If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

The current system isn’t broken; it doesn’t need to be changed; although it could be improved by removing the last vestiges of Imperial measurements which remain.

You can find the consultation at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/choice-on-units-of-measurement-markings-and-sales. The consultation is open until 26 August (which you also aren’t told except hidden in the documentation).

Anyone may respond: so please do.

H/T Martin McKee, @martinmckee on Twitter.