Supporters of Brexit have revealed the first tangible benefit of leaping into the dark. ‘We can revert to Imperial measurements,’ said a key supporter. ‘Just think of it, twelve inches to the foot, three feet to the yard. Pints, quarts and gallons,’ he said, relishing ditching the complicated and inconsistent metric units in favour of units fifty percent of the population hasn’t ever been taught. ‘It’s good enough for our fifty-third largest trading partner, the USA, so why not us?’ he pleaded.

When asked which gallon, US ‘English’ gallons or Imperial ‘English’ gallons the supporter pointed out there were ‘tons’ of reasons for reverting to Imperial, but refused to state whether he was talking about short, long or metric tonnes. ‘Probably not metric,’ he suggested.