You're pushing it, Betty!

Betty’s looking pretty here but the week should not pass without deploring the substantial raise she just received for services rendered to the state--if you count hand waving & imbecility as services rendered. The girl’s got quite a racket going. They’re closing down hospitals & schools in the UK but she just got a 20% annual pay raise to 36 million pounds (that’s 56 million bucks). The Crown Estate she owns of wind farms, retail parks, real estate is worth billions (in every currency on the planet). One wants to be merciful since this is not the age of guillotines. But this may be pushing us to the edge!?  (Photo by Carl Court/AFP)