Get the gist of : Why is the EU a good thing ? (BBC News, 16 January 2009) (Transcript here)

Watch again : UK wins metric battle (BBC News, 11 Sept 07)  (Transcript here)

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Imperial vs metric (BBC News, 18 December 2008) Radio 4’s More or Less hears from defenders of both systems

Are carrots « too ugly » ? (BBC News, 4 November 2008)

About  « straight bananas » (The Telegraph, 24 July 2008)