Day 1,404: mockery, perennially

In Britain the government makes a mockery of its rules, for example by promising tax rises that are perennially postponed.

Governments are living in a fiscal fantasyland

Artwork of the day 
Mockery of Christ
Duccio
Date: 1308 - 1311
Style: Proto Renaissance
Series: Maesta
Genre: religious painting
Media: wood, tempera

Word of the day 
mockery: an action or event that seems stupid and without value 
perennially: in a way that lasts a very long time, or happens repeatedly or all the time

Quote of the day
“You need to find a way to live your life, that it doesn't make a mockery of your values.”
― Bill Ayers