Europeanness of the UK (cheap, quality, Italian, country)

[Neuling]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Well here is 2012 export data.

UK Exports General Trade March 2012
Top 25 Trading Partners
Source: HM Revenue and Customs, Overseas Trade Statistics

£million
Rank Country of Destination Country Code March 2012 Year to date 2012 Year to date 2011 % Change 2012/ 2011 % Share 2012 YtD
1 UNITED STATES US 3,830 10,262 9,575 7.2 13.6
2 GERMANY DE 3,209 8,481 7,969 6.4 11.3
3 NETHERLANDS NL 1,838 6,408 5,641 13.6 8.5
4 FRANCE FR 1,920 5,860 5,994 -2.2 7.8
5 IRISH REPUBLIC IE 1,482 4,219 4,172 1.1 5.6
6 BELGIUM BE 1,309 3,732 3,608 3.4 5.0
7 CHINA CN 813 2,333 1,984 17.6 3.1
8 SPAIN ES 804 2,160 2,522 -14.3 2.9
9 ITALY IT 729 2,158 2,645 -18.4 2.9
10 SWEDEN SE 465 1,477 1,536 -3.8 2.0
11 RUSSIA RU 598 1,386 991 39.8 1.8
12 SWITZERLAND CH 526 1,313 1,266 3.8 1.7
13 UAE AE 480 1,298 1,196 8.5 1.7
14 HONG KONG HK 427 1,215 1,228 -1.1 1.6
15 INDIA IN 430 1,206 1,082 11.4 1.6
16 JAPAN JP 448 1,203 1,132 6.3 1.6
17 CANADA CA 361 1,086 1,093 -0.6 1.4
18 SOUTH KOREA KR 374 1,030 537 91.9 1.4
19 SINGAPORE SG 391 1,030 830 24.0 1.4
20 AUSTRALIA AU 376 978 872 12.1 1.3
21 TURKEY TR 387 934 897 4.2 1.2
22 SOUTH AFRICA ZA 283 894 883 1.2 1.2
23 NORWAY NO 331 865 874 -1.1 1.2
24 POLAND PL 299 854 1,471 -41.9 1.1
25 DENMARK DK 304 710 728 -2.4 0.9

Why don't you just post the link instead of that number chaos

[Mac15]

Yes but we do still use it and i'm pretty sure basically nowhere in Europe has used it for a long long time. I just thought i'd put that in there as he was trying to imply that we were a Metric country - when there has been alot of resistance to the introduction of metric measurements.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Neuling

Why don't you just post the link instead of that number chaos

Why don't you give me a break and treat me with some respect.

[Neuling]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Well actually I have to correct you on that. Alot of British people still use F and it is often reported on the weather forecast.

BBC, Guardian, etc. all use Celsius...

[easthome]

Originally Posted by Neuling

Miles vs km, driving the other way round and the Euro are just superficial differences (Americans drive on the same side as continental Europe, by the way). The Euro is a recent invention, we all had our own currencies before. We also have always had inches in German and Portuguese and probably in other countries as well. Your mile dates back to Roman times, meaning 1000 steps. We used to have that unit across Europe. Sorry, but Britain DOES share European culture just like any other European country. You are in no way an outsider, just because you have not given up on the mile and the pound, yet. You are already using celsius instead of farenheit...

I didn't say that Britain didn't share any culture with Europe at all, surely you can see why Britain's feel so close to other Anglo nations though?

[Mac15]

No the BBC use both.

And the Daily Mail also uses both.

[Neuling]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Why don't you give me a break and treat me with some respect.

Respect?! I was politely asking your for the source of your numbers...

[P London]

Originally Posted by Mac15

No the BBC use both.

And the Daily Mail also uses both.

The BBC uses Celsius mainly and so does all UK weather sites.

[Neuling]

Originally Posted by Mac15

No the BBC use both.

And the Daily Mail also uses both.

The standard setting on BBC is Celsius and mph. One can change it to F and km/h.
On the radio news they also say Celsius values, not F.

Even on your conservative Daily Mail site they use Celsius as the default, just checked

[Mac15]

Yea but the point (again) was that we are not a metric nation.

And we are probably the only country in Europe that actually make reference to F at all.