The sheer hell that is heading off on holiday from Britain

A passing thunderstorm was enough to throw Stansted into near-complete disarrayIn Stansted airport, it’s Friday and the start of the great summer holiday get-away. So around half of the security scanners are closed, and we patiently join the queues snaking along the nylon barriers wondering nervously if we should have paid for fast track. But there are even queues there.Past this stage, it usually gets better. Shops, drinks, and a holiday mode set in. But last Friday, 27 July, what unfolde