Advocacy Groups
A number of advocacy groups exist to promote either the metric or the imperial system. The groups include:
- Active Resistance to Metrication, founded by Eurosceptic politician Tony Bennett, is best known for its direct action campaign against metric signs.
- The British Weights and Measures Association campaigns for the retention of imperial measurements in the United Kingdom.
- The UK Metric Association campaigns for the complete replacement of the imperial measurement system with the metric system in the United Kingdom.
Read more about this topic: Metrication In The United Kingdom
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