Tim Carter (forwardnotback on Twitter)
@newspenguin.bsky.social
Labour and politics
Rants against political cults and fandom
Cafes, London and quizzes
Often stubborn
I was was radioactive for a while
“His stories were what frightened people worst of all. . . “
Rants against political cults and fandom
Cafes, London and quizzes
Often stubborn
I was was radioactive for a while
“His stories were what frightened people worst of all. . . “
Halowe’en leftovers
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Halowe’en leftovers
I did another Substack thing …
“Orwell’s 1984 is without doubt a masterpiece, a warning about totalitarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth
In modern Britain, it has been co-opted as a rhetorical bludgeon, wielded by those who see dystopia in every policy they dislike
“Orwell’s 1984 is without doubt a masterpiece, a warning about totalitarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth
In modern Britain, it has been co-opted as a rhetorical bludgeon, wielded by those who see dystopia in every policy they dislike
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I did another Substack thing …
“Orwell’s 1984 is without doubt a masterpiece, a warning about totalitarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth
In modern Britain, it has been co-opted as a rhetorical bludgeon, wielded by those who see dystopia in every policy they dislike
“Orwell’s 1984 is without doubt a masterpiece, a warning about totalitarianism, surveillance, and the manipulation of truth
In modern Britain, it has been co-opted as a rhetorical bludgeon, wielded by those who see dystopia in every policy they dislike
I wrote a thing…
“many simply don’t believe in the future or at worst believe that the future will be worse than today - that loss of hope drives the retreat into nostalgia - no matter how false or partial the memories are”
substack.com/@newspenguin...
“many simply don’t believe in the future or at worst believe that the future will be worse than today - that loss of hope drives the retreat into nostalgia - no matter how false or partial the memories are”
substack.com/@newspenguin...
The Path from Nostalgia, Neglect, and Fear to Radicalisation in the UK
In the UK, nostalgia for a “simpler” past and the feeling of being left behind economically and socially are powerful forces that often push desperate people towards extreme politics and easy answers ...
substack.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I wrote a thing…
“many simply don’t believe in the future or at worst believe that the future will be worse than today - that loss of hope drives the retreat into nostalgia - no matter how false or partial the memories are”
substack.com/@newspenguin...
“many simply don’t believe in the future or at worst believe that the future will be worse than today - that loss of hope drives the retreat into nostalgia - no matter how false or partial the memories are”
substack.com/@newspenguin...
Dinner at Kennington Lane Cafe
An old favourite: corned beef with Branston pickle, baked beans and mash
An old favourite: corned beef with Branston pickle, baked beans and mash
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Dinner at Kennington Lane Cafe
An old favourite: corned beef with Branston pickle, baked beans and mash
An old favourite: corned beef with Branston pickle, baked beans and mash
Listen up - I did a thing that everyone should read
open.substack.com/pub/newspeng...
open.substack.com/pub/newspeng...
September 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Listen up - I did a thing that everyone should read
open.substack.com/pub/newspeng...
open.substack.com/pub/newspeng...
Random pic from my wandering today
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Random pic from my wandering today
Reform gain Surrey County Council seat from tories
August 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Reform gain Surrey County Council seat from tories
Today was a bit different
Greggs Sausage Roll and KFC Gravy
A classic combo and it was free
Greggs Sausage Roll and KFC Gravy
A classic combo and it was free
August 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today was a bit different
Greggs Sausage Roll and KFC Gravy
A classic combo and it was free
Greggs Sausage Roll and KFC Gravy
A classic combo and it was free
Reposted by Tim Carter (forwardnotback on Twitter)
Harsh by Dan Hodges www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic...
July 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Harsh by Dan Hodges www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic...
Yeah baby … it’s back!
The Regency Cafe!
Westminster Council and the new owners deserve a lot of credit here
The council for honouring their promise to keep a #Cafe here
And the new owners for sticking with proper cafe food and prices
Good to see it busy on the first full day after reopening
The Regency Cafe!
Westminster Council and the new owners deserve a lot of credit here
The council for honouring their promise to keep a #Cafe here
And the new owners for sticking with proper cafe food and prices
Good to see it busy on the first full day after reopening
July 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yeah baby … it’s back!
The Regency Cafe!
Westminster Council and the new owners deserve a lot of credit here
The council for honouring their promise to keep a #Cafe here
And the new owners for sticking with proper cafe food and prices
Good to see it busy on the first full day after reopening
The Regency Cafe!
Westminster Council and the new owners deserve a lot of credit here
The council for honouring their promise to keep a #Cafe here
And the new owners for sticking with proper cafe food and prices
Good to see it busy on the first full day after reopening
Margot Fonteyn bronze statuein Reigate today
Statue by Nathan David FRBS
Unveiled: 1980 by Dame Margot
Simply stunning
Statue by Nathan David FRBS
Unveiled: 1980 by Dame Margot
Simply stunning
July 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Margot Fonteyn bronze statuein Reigate today
Statue by Nathan David FRBS
Unveiled: 1980 by Dame Margot
Simply stunning
Statue by Nathan David FRBS
Unveiled: 1980 by Dame Margot
Simply stunning
Today this actually happened to me in Belgravia
The four people at table across from me were staring at me/my plate
I asked if everything was ok - the older male replied in a ‘very posh’ voice “can I ask if the green stuff is avocado or mushy peas?”
😂😂😂😁
The four people at table across from me were staring at me/my plate
I asked if everything was ok - the older male replied in a ‘very posh’ voice “can I ask if the green stuff is avocado or mushy peas?”
😂😂😂😁
May 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today this actually happened to me in Belgravia
The four people at table across from me were staring at me/my plate
I asked if everything was ok - the older male replied in a ‘very posh’ voice “can I ask if the green stuff is avocado or mushy peas?”
😂😂😂😁
The four people at table across from me were staring at me/my plate
I asked if everything was ok - the older male replied in a ‘very posh’ voice “can I ask if the green stuff is avocado or mushy peas?”
😂😂😂😁
A thing I posted on the other place on those election results and what I think caused it, what it means and what didn’t happen
This might mention “Change” a lot
The easy bit first - the tories
The electorate kicked them out in 2024 and their entire brand in still seen as toxic and associated with
This might mention “Change” a lot
The easy bit first - the tories
The electorate kicked them out in 2024 and their entire brand in still seen as toxic and associated with
May 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A thing I posted on the other place on those election results and what I think caused it, what it means and what didn’t happen
This might mention “Change” a lot
The easy bit first - the tories
The electorate kicked them out in 2024 and their entire brand in still seen as toxic and associated with
This might mention “Change” a lot
The easy bit first - the tories
The electorate kicked them out in 2024 and their entire brand in still seen as toxic and associated with
Bits of public art in London from my daily walk
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Bits of public art in London from my daily walk
Happy St George’s Day’
St George was out walking
He met a dragon on a hill,
It was wise and wonderful
Too glorious to kill
It slept amongst the wild thyme
Where the oxlips and violets grow
Its skin was a luminous fire
That made the English landscape glow
St George was out walking
He met a dragon on a hill,
It was wise and wonderful
Too glorious to kill
It slept amongst the wild thyme
Where the oxlips and violets grow
Its skin was a luminous fire
That made the English landscape glow
April 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Happy St George’s Day’
St George was out walking
He met a dragon on a hill,
It was wise and wonderful
Too glorious to kill
It slept amongst the wild thyme
Where the oxlips and violets grow
Its skin was a luminous fire
That made the English landscape glow
St George was out walking
He met a dragon on a hill,
It was wise and wonderful
Too glorious to kill
It slept amongst the wild thyme
Where the oxlips and violets grow
Its skin was a luminous fire
That made the English landscape glow
Officially “Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell” but to me it will always be Harebell
A stunning work by Barry Flanagan in Broadgate Circle
A stunning work by Barry Flanagan in Broadgate Circle
April 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Officially “Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell” but to me it will always be Harebell
A stunning work by Barry Flanagan in Broadgate Circle
A stunning work by Barry Flanagan in Broadgate Circle
My day included this - I popped into the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch looking for a giant egg and saw this beautiful thing
April 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
My day included this - I popped into the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch looking for a giant egg and saw this beautiful thing
A bumper day for blue plaques is lovely sunshine
April 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A bumper day for blue plaques is lovely sunshine
Mike Amesbury appeal successful in so far as his prison sentence has been replaced with a suspended prison sentence
Doesn’t affect any potential recall petition as it applies to suspended prison sentences
Rules here
Doesn’t affect any potential recall petition as it applies to suspended prison sentences
Rules here
February 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Mike Amesbury appeal successful in so far as his prison sentence has been replaced with a suspended prison sentence
Doesn’t affect any potential recall petition as it applies to suspended prison sentences
Rules here
Doesn’t affect any potential recall petition as it applies to suspended prison sentences
Rules here
Reposted by Tim Carter (forwardnotback on Twitter)
Never has Bluesky been more of an echo chamber than a hundred blithe comments saying “but why oh WHY has Labour not just announced an emergency tax increase to fund defence spending?”
February 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Never has Bluesky been more of an echo chamber than a hundred blithe comments saying “but why oh WHY has Labour not just announced an emergency tax increase to fund defence spending?”
Reposted by Tim Carter (forwardnotback on Twitter)
Keir Starmer: "Nigel Farage didn't even turn up for the debate in parliament today. Nigel Farage is fawning over Putin. That's not patriotism, that is not what working people need."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putins...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putins...
'Putin's Poodles': Reform UK MPs Criticised Over Commons No-Show
Most were nowhere to be seen as the Commons debated an increase to defence spending.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Keir Starmer: "Nigel Farage didn't even turn up for the debate in parliament today. Nigel Farage is fawning over Putin. That's not patriotism, that is not what working people need."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putins...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putins...
Reposted by Tim Carter (forwardnotback on Twitter)
Overwhelmed at home? Undervalued at work? Wondering what the **** happened to your once flourishing career?
If your life is evaporating in the juggle, I wrote a feature just for you.
In @theipaper.com today
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
If your life is evaporating in the juggle, I wrote a feature just for you.
In @theipaper.com today
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
I thought I could have a big career and kids. But 'having it all' is a myth
Mothers, shocked by the exhaustion of parenting, are being forced out of successful careers - 85 per cent leave the full-time workforce within three years of having their first baby
inews.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Overwhelmed at home? Undervalued at work? Wondering what the **** happened to your once flourishing career?
If your life is evaporating in the juggle, I wrote a feature just for you.
In @theipaper.com today
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
If your life is evaporating in the juggle, I wrote a feature just for you.
In @theipaper.com today
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
Thoughts on Runcorn from the other place this morning
Subject to any appeal, a recall ballot will be triggered by the 10 week custodial sentence but I would’ve thought Mike Amesbury will resign and trigger a by election without need for a recall petition
Subject to any appeal, a recall ballot will be triggered by the 10 week custodial sentence but I would’ve thought Mike Amesbury will resign and trigger a by election without need for a recall petition
February 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thoughts on Runcorn from the other place this morning
Subject to any appeal, a recall ballot will be triggered by the 10 week custodial sentence but I would’ve thought Mike Amesbury will resign and trigger a by election without need for a recall petition
Subject to any appeal, a recall ballot will be triggered by the 10 week custodial sentence but I would’ve thought Mike Amesbury will resign and trigger a by election without need for a recall petition