I agree with this - can't help but think that due to the incompetance of BAA and the current government's incompetance and paranoia that the terrorists have won. They don't need to risk their own safety any further, Blair and his cronies are doing their jobs for them. These 'controls' are causing chaos every day, costing us a fortune while we stand in lines wasting time. I would like to start billing BAA for my time while I wait in their queues.
To compound matters, the sad lost souls at BA (et al) advise us to check in earlier so that we can stand in queues - have they lost the plot completely? Do they think their customers have nothing better to do. Why aren't they screaming from the roof tops about poor service? I haven't heard a single word of protest from them as LHR's largest customer - just advice to check in early - misconcieved or what??
Organising security ought to be relatively simple, BAA have failed miserably. Organising effective immigration controls ought to be simple too, what happens, we all stand in lines for hours to have our passports scanned and in the meantime the idiots we elected are releasing prisoners who ought to be deported.
How long is it until we have an election??