Entering the UK

The election campaign continues. Yet, each night the headlines in the media have focussed on the Ash cloud from Iceland. Getting back to the UK seems to have been remarkably difficult for thousands of tourists.

The philosopher Alain de Botton has made an interesting point about taking this as an opportunity to enjoy travelling a continent by means other than sanitised air travel.

This has clearly been lost on some of the returning public, relieved to be home and wanting to jump in the shower as soon as possible. Unpleasant as some of the stories may seem, it has left one to wonder – if UK nationals have found it hard to get back into the UK – isn’t this also proof the UK is not the easiest country to enter for immigrants and asylum seekers too?