tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post4912561046449206122..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Give him an inch and he'll take a metreJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-82671158723188465122019-07-28T16:29:13.651+01:002019-07-28T16:29:13.651+01:00In 1974, Prime Minister Harold Wilson confirmed th... In 1974, Prime Minister Harold Wilson confirmed that the government would use the word billion only in its short scale meaning (one thousand million). In a written answer to Robin Maxwell-Hyslop MP, who asked whether official usage would conform to the traditional British meaning of a million million, Wilson stated: "No. The word 'billion' is now used internationally to mean 1,000 million and it would be confusing if British Ministers were to use it in any other sense. I accept that it could still be interpreted in this country as 1 million million and I shall ask my colleagues to ensure that, if they do use it, there should be no ambiguity as to its meaning."<br /><br />The confusion continues however and I wonder if Jacob Rees-Mogg would like to revert to the 1,000,000,000,000, , as defined on the long scale and confusing us all.glynbeddauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-14892792479397871622019-07-28T12:37:08.265+01:002019-07-28T12:37:08.265+01:00hearing this drivel from JRM has become tedious. H...hearing this drivel from JRM has become tedious. He was mildly funny way back when he was a bit of a novelty act but the penny dropped that he was made this way and was not likely to change. That realisation made him one of the repulsive faces of English Toryism, maybe not the most as there are shed loads of contenders for that title, but a dangerous person as he is highly intelligent able to put all sorts of deviant spin on his hugely reactionary set of beliefs. Like Boris he is a bit of an icon for people who crave "to be led" but why do they almost always go for the obvious duds ? dafishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216920242825385976noreply@blogger.com