Hey, Stack!
Some best bits from my first year.
Merry Christmas Everyone
My excellent friend Dominic Frisby recently posted a ‘best of’ selection of some of his favourite pieces of the year. And a jolly good smorgasbord of content it is too.
I thought I might do the same. Offering my many new subscribers (Hello new subscribers!) a chance to visit some of my posts from earlier in the year.
There’s lots to choose from here. So why not pick one, put your feet up and have a read? I’ve seen what’s on TV, you won’t be missing much.
I also want to reiterate my thanks to each and every one of my readers and subscribers. Especially everyone who I have the pleasure of chatting with in my vibrant and lively comments section. I’m very lucky to have you. And if you’ve never commented, don’t be shy, all are welcome.
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So Happy New Year. And let’s get on with it.
This post from April is a lot of me moaning about the madness of the modern world. Hopefully in a broadly funny way. A popular post from earlier in the year.
From way back in February. Here I write about how scientists have proved that conservative brains, like mine, are wonky and broken, at least when compared to liberal, progressive brains like theirs. A fun read and my least successful ever post! So fill your boots!
Back in August I wrote this takedown of Net Zero, and the bonkers logic behind the elite’s drive to impoverish us all. Greta has yet to recover from my onslaught. Enjoy.
Thinking about why Brexit is Like Playstation is the idea that spurred me to start this Substack in the first place. One of my readers, (this was you right patrocles?) was kind enough to link it under an article for Unherd. And it gave my numbers a real boost. For which I am eternally grateful.
This is, appropriately enough, the post I am most proud of. I’m a firm believer in gay rights, but feel that the whole LGB cause has been hijacked of late. The trans lobby has taken over, and Pride, once a celebration of difference has been co opted into corporate conformity. I have a moan about that, but try to keep things positive. I hopefully succeed.
Populism gets a bad rap. Usually from people who can’t imagine anything less democratic than listening to what the voters want, and enacting policies which reflect those wishes. I am a populist, and I set out my case here. It’s a subject I keep returning to in one form another. We clearly need a fresh political force in this country.
The NHS is a disaster. Surely Labour can fix it when they reverse 13 years of Tory Cuts right? Nope. Because there has never been any cuts. Here I set out why the NHS is going to kill us all, in a fun way.
Here I moan about how our obsession with safety is preventing us from getting anything done. I rant about electric cars, and suggest that AI won’t change the world, but will be used by the elites to entrench their position, and keep things exactly as they are. More fun than it sounds.
And don’t forget my latest piece. Which you might have missed with all the Christmas hullabaloo, is here. It asks why we lost our passion for the stars.
That’s it!
Thanks for reading.
See you next time. And all the best to you and yours.
Low Status Opinions
Hello Low Status,
This Hey Stack! seems really good so I thought I'd pinch the idea and do one for my own Substack (now that it's been running for nearly a year). But in order to do it I need to ask you some technical advice. So.....how do you generate those little "things?" about each post.....the ones with the title plus an image plus a "read more" link (I'm so Substack dumb, I can't think what the proper name is for what I'm calling "things").
Thanks in advance.
Graham
I just read your post about your Greece trip :)
Whilst I don’t smoke (but happily own tobacco stocks) , it almost makes me want to start ... Years ago we’d holiday a lot in Belgium. There too people were allowed to consume a beverage of their choice at the indoor pool. In Australia, we aren’t even allowed a beer at the beach !!