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Thu 11 Nov 2007MEPs back plans to save the pint
European politicians today backed a European Commission decision saving pints and miles from metrication.
The European Parliament endorsed a commission announcement in September that efforts were being abandoned to force Britain and Ireland to give up traditional imperial measures in pubs and for the British to switch to kilometres on roadsigns.
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