God please don't. Turning everything into a playground to tickle infantile superficial tastes: conical shaped nonsense structures covered with primary colours, meaningless naff slogan in neon "Maybe it's because", renderings showing people milling about doing bugger all.
They should have done everything possible to reverse the trend and keep it a meat market. Commerce keeps a place alive, people working and doing stuff.
> ...channeling meat trucks through the congested heart of London does seem like a habit from another era.
Why? Turning cities inside out isn't an era I'd want to live in. London should be braver rather than doing what every other city in the world is doing.