Sprinkle in a little NIMBYism...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...ode/article.do
Spare London’s skyline yet another episode of these faulty towers
Simon Jenkins
LONDON towers policy is in chaos. Boris Johnson, elected on a pledge to stop the plague of towers promised by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone, now wants towers everywhere. Hazel Blears, who has permitted towers that Johnson wanted stopped, is now stopping ones he wants built, notably two giants in Wandsworth and Ealing. There is no policy, no one in charge and certainly no ounce of aesthetic judgment.
Erectile disorder seems the occupational disease of London mayors. Within months of taking office, Livingstone, who had backed "affordable cottages" on the South Bank and refused to move into his Foster-designed "testicle", was rooting for symbols of his potency across the capital. He moved into Foster's eerie structure and returned from an early visit to Manhattan believing that only skyscrapers could demonstrate his civic virility.......