Delighted to hear the metrication issue is finally dead! For too long the Eurosceptic right had made great play of the alleged EU plans to destroy imperial measures, despite the fact this was never in the pipeline.

I think we can all be grateful to Commissioner Verheugen for finally putting to bed a Euromyth that simply refused to go away.

Commissioner Verheugen said: "Let's get one thing straight from the off.

"Neither the European Commission nor any faceless 'Eurocrat' has or will ever be responsible for banning the great British pint, the mile, and weight measures in pounds and the ounces.

"These imperial measures form part of the traditions that are the very essence of the Britishness that all Europeans know and love.

"We at the Commission have decided the time has come to nail these myths once and for all by setting out in black and white what has always been our view: that Britain should continue to use imperial measures for as long as it likes.

"Much as it may dismay those who have peddled the metric myth for far too long, we have now proposed legislation enshrining Britain's right to retain pints of milk and beer, miles on road signs and dual indications of weights and measures from now until Kingdom come."

So hopefully everyone is now clear that: the pint lives, it was never going to die and that the European Union’s sole purpose is not to destroy British culture.

But what’s this in the Daily Mail? The "EU wants to get rid of the Queen from our passports"? Will Britain ever be safe?

It's nonsense of course and correctly spotted then thoroughly torn apart by none other than ultra-Eurosceptic blog EU Referendum who are fed up with "gullible Eurosceptics" who, "demonstrate only that, after all these years, they have learned nothing, and continue scoring 'own goals' with gay abandon".

And who's on the scoresheet for believing this poorly put together myth? Why, it's Devil's Kitchen who, having been taken in, unleashes a bilious rant which is potty-mouthed even by his standards, until he realises his mistake and backs down here.

Who would have thought it, one of the great Euromyths gone and another fiercely condemned by a leading Eurosceptic. I think I'll celebrate with 568ml of beer.