One of the first things you encounter in England are the long, chaotic lines at Heathrow airport.<br /><br />Last year, as I ventured on a visit to the UK post pandemic, it was an an almost three hour long wait at immigration. As I grumbled about it, a close friend who had flown to London to drop her daughter off to college, had a much worse experience. They waited in line for five hours.<br /><br />Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/turbulent-times-uk-faces-strikes-shortages-and-soaring-inflation-1.1692367537619<br /><br />See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos<br />Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km<br /><br />Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV<br /><br />#UAEnews #UK #NidhiRazdan