Long queues at the UK Border checkpoint, following a glitch in the electronic gate system, at London's Heathrow Airport. Photograph: Julia Manns/BloombergIt is one of the founding principles of the universe that the length of a queue at passport control will be inversely proportional to the height of the ceiling at the passport control corner of the airport in question. That’s just physics.
The resulting delays and chaos – which saw thousands of penned-in arrivals forced to stand in line for hours, often after long flights – does not bode well for the smooth passage of the summer holiday season. Top travel tip: always carry a duty-free Toblerone for emergency snack purposes.
5. London: The UK capital has 227,000 dollar millionaires – down 10 per cent over the past decade – and 35 billionaires. But slightly fewer of each in sterling terms, obviously.
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