Another week goes by and the so-called "metric martyrs" are still in the press, this time complaining that market inspectors in Hackney were instructed to target Ms Devers because she was known to be selling in lbs (Hackney Gazette: Metric martyrs targeted claim). Oh dear, doesn't it seem a shame that public officials who's job it is to enforce the law are being asked to keep an eye on somebody who they think may be breaking it? Well, frankly no it doesn't!

Well, it looks like I jumped the gun a little last week. We'd had the legal judgement on the latest attempt by the Metric Martyrs, the papers had moaned a little and it looked like it had all gone away. But then some government minister steps up and says something ripe to be mis-quoted by the national press and once again we're back where we were a few weeks ago!