Smells like fake news
If he actually personally said people should use imperial, I'd like to know about it. But I'm guessing this is a rather made-up story... like, he happens to work at a place that issued it.
I spent 5 mins fact-checking, and discovered "The guidance was drawn up by Mr Rees-Mogg's North East Somerset constituency team some years ago." [Evening Standard] ...
So, I'm a bit skeptical.
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O ye of little faith...
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/26/the-comma-touch-jacob-rees-mogg-sends-language-rules-to-staff
"The guidance, obtained by ITV news, was drawn up by the North East Somerset MP’s constituency team years ago, but has now been shared with officials in his new office."
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 27 Jul 2019, 10:44,
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It's one rule for us and another rule for them...
www.itv.com/news/2019-07-27/jacob-rees-mogg-style-guide-itv-news/
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Sat 27 Jul 2019, 11:27,
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