[jonbxx]

Just another good old dead cat announcement. Imperial measurements were never banned just as crowns on pint (568ml) glasses were never banned. It's just some nonsense to give some a warm and fuzzy feeling while winding up 'remoaners' and setting off a nice culture war.

SI units and the derived metric system are well and truly here to stay. As others have pointed out, metric has been taught in schools for donkeys years. It also just makes sense - the relationship between different measurements is clear. There is a lot of legacy imperial units used in engineering and there are some fun mish mash measurements so you get 6mm tubing with 1" connectors and the like