Iirc a ship was carrying the metric standards to the US in like 1790 and sank and they just said fuck it
In the meantime to "take advantage of Brexit" it will be possible to sell wine by the pint... A push to go back to the imperial system was axed though. Maybe brexiters should move to the US if they like the imperial system so much.
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