Claim 6a56880bChecked 09 Jul 2026
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“2.20462 is deeply embedded in my brain.”
Interpreted asmetaphor
“I know the conversion factor 2.20462 by heart.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
Not enough evidence. NIST conversion tables show that 1 kilogram is approximately 2.20462 pounds, so the number itself is a standard conversion factor. But whether Nigel Farage knew it “by heart” is a private mental state that public sources cannot verify; the interview utterance only shows that he said it. Sources: NIST Handbook 130; NIST Approximate Conversions from Metric to U.S. Customary Measures. (nvlpubs.nist.gov)
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Listen, I was a commodity broker, right? We bought and sold copper in US cents per pound or in deutschmarks per tonne. I have absolutely no problem working with both systems – you know, 2.20462 is deeply embedded in my brain. I just happen to think that to criminalise the language of Shakespeare is an appalling thing to do – and actually sums up, really, everything that is wrong with this European entanglement.
You ask [your greengrocer] for a pound of bananas. If he weighs them out and sells them to you, he’ll have broken the law. Steve Thoburn from Sunderland got a criminal record for it and died at the age of 39 because of the hassle. Who needs to live in a country like that?
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