Geoff Norcott
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I've had a few myself, though the most cutting insult I ever had was after the first episode of Mash Report went out.
There were plenty of people calling me a right-wing bootlicker or Bill Hicks for people who shop at Stone Island.
But one woman did more psychological harm than all of them when she tweeted, well, he seemed to be enjoying himself.
It's all like finishing sex and your partner going, good for you.
Neville's accusations came at the end of a hot summer where many people had hung St George's crosses and union flags around their community.
He concluded all of those flags came from a toxic place.
Now, I'm patriotic and I don't want to presume the worst about men from any community, especially my own.
But I can't lie, if I drive into a town with a lot of flags up and a kid makes me the enticing offer of a fiver to guard my car, I'll generally think of it as an investment.
Also, they need to get some taller men to put those flags up.
Or a ladder, because why are they always at half mast?
I drove through Bromley the other day and I thought Nigel Farage had died.
Listeners across the political spectrum will have their own ideas on what motivates a white English male to climb a lamppost to hang a flag.
But I want to focus on the anger bit.
I don't think angry middle-aged white men are causing all the division in Britain, but they're certainly responsible for some of it.
And if they are angry, surely we should be curious as to why.
I'd argue some of it is just straightforward grumpiness.
Grumpiness is an inherent part of the middle-aged blokey brand.
It often starts with growing irritation at smaller things.
So let's go for a simple one now.
Any just simple everyday things that make you, and this is only for the men now, that make you annoyed, grumpy.