Ken Livingstone - My Fake Diary

Friday, 6 July 2012

A laser show has been staged to celebrate the inauguration of London's Shard skyscraper.

Earlier, the Duke of York and the Qatari prime minister attended a ceremony to mark the unveiling of the 1,016ft (310m) structure, which has been funded by the Qatar National Bank.

Tickets to the platform - which opens in February - will cost £24.95 for an adult and £18.95 for a child. By comparison, an adult ticket to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris is currently priced at 14 euros - just over £11.

"It brought 10000 jobs to one of the most run down and deprived areas of London, but normal Londoner's cannot afford to use it!