The skyscraper which has been threatening to be plonked upon our modern East-End London scenery has just been approved by the City of London, and it’s already been given an ‘affectionate’ nickname – ‘the Walkie Talkie’, by the skyscraper-equivalent of a Trainspotter, SkyscraperNews.com.

Already kicking up a fuss, with the English Heritage claiming it’s got an ‘attention seeking form’, it will use 21 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, which is actually 10% less engery than an average building of similar size, surprisingly…