Bluewaterisation

"Inside the Wintergarden, the first thing I see is a statue. Rising perhaps 20 feet high, dominating all around it. It is a statue of a Coke bottle. Affixed to its sides are four telescreens, silver and rounded, beaming out Coke adverts and Sky news. Behind the statue rise six imposing white stone pillars, holding up a high atrium of glass and steel. On top of every pillar is a brace of CCTV cameras. Everything I am doing is being monitored."

What actually sounds like the stuff of sci-fic is an actually an extract from Paul Kingsworth's latest book "Real England", in which he talks about the "bluewaterising" Britain. I wonder just how long we'll have to wait to see that lovely creation enter the dictionary, or, more worrying, until disneyesque malls, Starbucks and and Tesco Expresses on every street corner are regarded as the norm.