Expensive and loathed, ‘the Slab’ will be a terrible monument. It’s being called Gove Towers and he deserves it | Simon Jenkins

The London megabuilding given the go-ahead this week is a giant symbol of profit over community

The Slab is to rise after all. What is clearly intended as the most prominent office block in central London will dominate the bend in the River Thames directly opposite Somerset House and the Temple. Two glass and concrete slabs, one rising 20 storeys, will replace the London Studios tower between the National Theatre and the Oxo Tower. They will form the fulcrum of every view between St Paul’s and Bi...