Now that Michael Gove has shown the courage of his convictions in turning down permission for Marks and Spencer to demolish its flagship store in Oxford Street, let’s hope he does the same for a much more monstrous carbuncle planned for the south side of the River Thames in one of the most prominent sites in London – a vast megalith which not least will dwarf the House of Commons and make St. Paul’s look insignificant. One of the problems with these planning enquiries is that they drag on and on, so that everyone forgets what is at stake.

Just in case you’ve forgotten I am posting an image of what is proposed:-