In 2002, five ‘martyrs’, all market

In 2002, five ‘martyrs’, all market traders, were taken to court for not displaying metric their goods. Their spokesman, said that their defeat meant “the death of democracy”, but the five received huge support from the public, who raised £250,000 to help pay their legal costs. Britain has also constantly delayed adopting the euro, which other major European countries such as Germany, France and Italy accepted as their currency without fuss in 2002. The British government has promised to hold a referendum on the subject and let the British people decide if they want the new currency or not, but with an estimated 65% of voters currently opposed to joining the euro, it is very uncertain when this will take place.