A pub near me has different sayings on the blackboard it puts on the pavement outside it, and the current one is "If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you". It's the first time in ages that they've put one that isn't alcohol related.
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2017/12/23/why-i-write-this-blog/ A long read, but a thought-provoking one - from the man who debunked GERS and exposed it for the nonsense that it is.
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/12/31/saudi-warplanes-attack-crowded-restaurant-at-northern-yemen-port/ Happy New Year from the US & UK governments. When will it stop?
https://www.thepileus.com/latest/jan-19th-matters-us/ More a case of Horrible Thought for the Day - 19th of this month sees a Commons debate about whether or not homes should be fit for human habitation. There is simply no way that such a debate should even be deemed necessary...