Petition to: Move the UK fully onto the metric system.

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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Move the UK fully onto the metric system. More details

Submitted by Dean – Deadline to sign up by: 20 May 2007 – Signatures: 209

Petition update, 12 July 2007

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http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page12433.asp

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More details from petition creator

In a global market, it seems ridiculous that the UK operates two systems - old fashioned imperial measures and world-wide metric systems. Most other countries have moved to metric, and the UK should finally do the same. This would demonstrate that the Uk is a forward looking, modern country.

Current signatories

Dean, the Petition Creator, joined by:

Tim Roll-Pickering
Phil Bitis
Frazer Mountford
Vladimir Plouzhnikov
bob rayner
Alex Bailey
Peter Spooner
Simon Davies
Alex Cottrell
calvin rawlings
Nicholas Widdows
Paul Warren
Ross Ryles
Sassan Panahinejad
Michelle Taylor
Geoffrey Clare
Anna Langley
Tancred Fergus
John M. Jones
David A. King
Alan Jamieson
Blaise Egan
michael worstall
mrs riane j martin
Darren Maxwell
Peter Dermott
Anthony Wilson
Celia Lyon
John Murphy
Simon Robertson
Kenneth Light
Edward Bains
Thomas Chan
Chris Keenan
David Burton
Colin Angus Mackay
N. Sivathasan
David Sommerfield
Richard Galbraith
Gary Plumley
S.R.Sutherland
D. Reece
Darren Malone
MARY HONER
MARY HONER
Kyle Plumridge
N Ferrari
C. A. Payne
M A Ferrari
Stephan Hoenig
John Turner
Derek R Allum
chris hayes
C B HOWARD
Andrew Wheatley
Chris Pook
Brian Bugeja
Terry Wilson
Keith Harrison
Edward Clarke
John Trott
Andrew Hain
Marie Cooper
Robert G Nickson
Harry Evelegh
Mark Preston
David Boniface
Neil Singh
Nicholas Lee
Susan Bishop
Brett Dunbar
william ward
John Dunbavin
Keith Gaydon
Dr.G.Norval
Benedek Gergely
Ken Knowles
michael Sebastian Turco
Stuart Neyton
Peter Clarke
R Holroyd
Lee Bromham
Ben Turley
Richard Muller
Thomas Wiggins
Neil Beckhelling
Martin Coule
Steve Muir
Peter Beech
Mike Tombs
Matt Bristow
Dr Paul A Daniels
Mike Green
David Brown
David Murphy
Dirk Nachbar
Robin Williamsonf
Oliver Dean
Mark Wilson
Pamela Murray
Andy Maltby
Ian Mantel
christopher riches
Keith Hodgkin
Arthur Coppock
John Seares Murray
Daniel Denis Collman
Kelvin Peter McKerracher
Nathan Brown
Peter Gardiner
Riane Martin
Philip Bladon
Hugh Jonathan Miles
Roz Denny
Peter Nunn
Tim Bentley
Alex Baumann
Jeff Rhys
Robert Thompson
Lesley Ely
Vikram Kamerkar
Matthew Law
ROGER FOORD-EVANS
Michael Reid
Trevor Cooke
David Sandilands
Richard Dooley
Aristotel Digenis
Stuart Morrow
Janet Thelwell
Alex Grant
Edward Russell
Fred Coleman
Will Mitchell
John Hudson
John Self
Alistair Mitchell
Mary Freeman
Richard Wilson
Andrew Main
Andrew Thompson
martin churchward
Zayden Hunter
Rhys Dwfor
Jack McFarlane
Grace Adler
Lynette Scavo
D. Delgado
Jim R. Handers
Steve Squires
Christof Meerwald
Diana Johnson
Herman Mittelholzer
Paul Turner-Smith
Mary J Carpenter
Cathy Pollitt
Peter Smulders
Chris Upton
Mark Coleman
Kenneth MacArthur
Barra Best
Kevin Meenan
John Annan
Aditi Sadotra
Rahul Sadotra
Lamar Francois
Andrew Hayes
Tim Buckley
M Shakanti
W Bauer
Conor O'Neill
John Smith
paul dawkins
ken richardson
mohan sadotra
Ian Moseley
gary urquhart
Andrew Wilson
Gunnar Larsson
amanda stubbs
Robert Pinchen
Gordon Stewart
Jules Golbey
Heather Hanaway
Anna Humphrey
Leeann Pollock
Marielaure Clarke
John Hillarby
Sasha Watson
Clare Davies
janet knight
Margaret Statham
Colin Maxwell
tony cromack
Stephen Gibson
Sean Pollock
Duncan Harris
C Parkes
D C Adams
JULIA WASSELL
James Ashe
N Dimitras
Andrew Thompson
Ian Symonds
M Brown
Andrew Stewart
Marc Brett
Giles R Brittain

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