Help! Is this the end of the BBC?

(Photo taken from London Evening Standard web site. Photographer is Elliot Felton.)

What is happening in the photo?
Imagine you have to talk about it in your Preliminary exam.
What would you say about it?

Can you imagine the public reaction if a famous monument in your country were dismantled?

Let's talk about it in class!

(PS If you visit the web site of the newspaper London Evening Standard, you can find out more about the story: http://tinyurl.com/pkt57kg
This link will take you to a web site that is not an official Giga IH Catania resource.)