After Barak's legal revolution, however, the job of the attorney general became the equivalent of an imperial high commissioner.

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Mr Chichester said following lobbying by the Tories, the commissioner agreed it was good for British and European industry to keep imperial measurements as it would make it easier for firms to sell to the US, where such measures are used.

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