[MyData & Open Data] Workshop on June 10 & 11

Mon Mar 31 13:25:13 UTC 2014

Hi Walter,
Unfortunately, one of the downsides of international conferences is the
difficulties some nationalities face with border control.  But with the
over-riding concerns of cost constraints in choosing another location when
most of  the participants are UK-based, London still  presents the better
option, wouldn't you agree?

Sally

On 31 March 2014 14:06, Walter van Holst <walter.van.holst at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 2014-03-31 14:09, Sally Deffor wrote:
>
>> cross-cutting issues are certainly not unique to the UK. So no, we
>> expect the meeting to be neither biased nor domestic.
>>
>
> The point Stef is making is that the UK has slid far enough down the slope
> towards a police state by now that it is becoming onerous to travel to it.
> Especially the way border control treats non-UK citizens, even moreso
> Eastern Europeans, does not necessarily make for happy travels. For me
> personally it is not as bad as the US, to which I'm unlikely to ever travel
> to, but it is becoming a factor indeed.
>
> Regards,
>
>  Walter
>
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