This building is so ugly and embarressing. What a waste of money. It breaks my heart to see this thing on maps and across the Thames, just an ugly round circle with no purpose. There are many beautiful historical landmarks and buildings in London which only questions the sanity of Tony Blair deciding to spend billions on an additional building that serves no purpose to him or the community and closed in less than a year when it opened. So much could have been done with that money spent on the dome. Sheltering the homeless for one, student grants, public transport, the NHS, better pay for nurses, fireman, teachers and the policeforce. Instead of an apology we have an empty 1 billion building that we're paying more for when half of London voted against it.