Phil Rodgers
@philrodgers.co.uk
Well I thought it was interesting. Mostly about Cambridge. phil@philrodgers.co.uk / https://linktr.ee/philrodgers
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Cambridge Local Election Candidates 2026
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Candidates for Cambridge local elections in 2026 - any contributions gratefully received docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Opinion poll trends from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion... - Labour's slide continues; the Conservatives recover a little ground from Reform UK, but still lag well behind; the Greens overtake the Lib Dems in fourth.
December 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Opinion poll trends from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion... - Labour's slide continues; the Conservatives recover a little ground from Reform UK, but still lag well behind; the Greens overtake the Lib Dems in fourth.
Something to keep activists amused in between canvassing sessions store.steampowered.com/app/4119600/...
UK Politics Simulator on Steam
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December 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Something to keep activists amused in between canvassing sessions store.steampowered.com/app/4119600/...
Boxing Day view from Castle Mound.
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Boxing Day view from Castle Mound.
Unable to persuade my family of the delights of walking from north Cambridge to Grantchester to see the barrel racing, I am setting off with an audiobook of Antonia Fraser’s biography of Caroline Lamb for company.
December 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Unable to persuade my family of the delights of walking from north Cambridge to Grantchester to see the barrel racing, I am setting off with an audiobook of Antonia Fraser’s biography of Caroline Lamb for company.
A cold and starry night for our traditional Christmas Day evening walk around the centre of Cambridge.
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A cold and starry night for our traditional Christmas Day evening walk around the centre of Cambridge.
Nostalgia time www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8R...
John Peel Festive Fifty 1983 - Complete 50 Countdown / All Songs
YouTube video by creative flow
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December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Nostalgia time www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8R...
It's starting... bsky.app/hashtag/Duve...
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December 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's starting... bsky.app/hashtag/Duve...
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Here's a wider shot from my bus home earlier today
December 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Here's a wider shot from my bus home earlier today
Someone's not having a good Christmas Eve. On Mill Road near Vinery Road (from www.reddit.com/r/cambridge/...)
December 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Someone's not having a good Christmas Eve. On Mill Road near Vinery Road (from www.reddit.com/r/cambridge/...)
Appropriately enough the Deputy Mayor gets to read the bit about local government taxation www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/festi... (currently live on BBC Radio 4)
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Appropriately enough the Deputy Mayor gets to read the bit about local government taxation www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/festi... (currently live on BBC Radio 4)
A sunny day on Level Six #carparkswithphil
December 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A sunny day on Level Six #carparkswithphil
I'll be on Cambridge Radio at about 8:10 looking back at Cambridge politics over the last year with Julian Clover
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I'll be on Cambridge Radio at about 8:10 looking back at Cambridge politics over the last year with Julian Clover
Update on Mill Road from "Cameron Holloway, Labour candidate for Petersfield" - confirming that Cllr Holloway will not be defending his Newnham seat, which is widely expected to be won by the Greens www.reddit.com/r/cambridge/...
From the cambridge community on Reddit: Mill Road Resurfacing
Explore this post and more from the cambridge community
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December 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Update on Mill Road from "Cameron Holloway, Labour candidate for Petersfield" - confirming that Cllr Holloway will not be defending his Newnham seat, which is widely expected to be won by the Greens www.reddit.com/r/cambridge/...
Cambridge Labour's website seems to have been down for quite a while now. Mysteriously, it is presenting a security certificate belonging to the website of a mathematics lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
December 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Cambridge Labour's website seems to have been down for quite a while now. Mysteriously, it is presenting a security certificate belonging to the website of a mathematics lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
I do still find it a bit startling when they do this.
December 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I do still find it a bit startling when they do this.
Baits Bite lock finally reopens www.facebook.com/100014772219...
David Goode
Today, after a long period of closure for stabilisation work, I had the pleasure of reopening Baitsbite Lock in Milton.
No ceremony, no celebration, just a simple, low key reopening and then some...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Baits Bite lock finally reopens www.facebook.com/100014772219...
Peter Freeman reflects on the Cambridge Growth Company's year, and looks ahead to 2026 thecgc.org.uk/index.php?ti...
The Cambridge Growth Company
Check out this post on the The Cambridge Growth Company website
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December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Peter Freeman reflects on the Cambridge Growth Company's year, and looks ahead to 2026 thecgc.org.uk/index.php?ti...
Dates and likely impact of Cambridge bus strikes www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-o...
Industrial Action
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December 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Dates and likely impact of Cambridge bus strikes www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-o...
After saying earlier this month that May's local elections would go ahead, the government is now saying that it is writing to councils in areas being reorganised to ask if they want to postpone the elections after all. www.lgcplus.com/politics/gov...
Minister offers election delay for LGR areas
The government has offered over 6o councils involved in local government reoganisation the opportunity to delay elections due to be held next May.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
After saying earlier this month that May's local elections would go ahead, the government is now saying that it is writing to councils in areas being reorganised to ask if they want to postpone the elections after all. www.lgcplus.com/politics/gov...
Don't get too excited but this is a precipitation chart for 6am on Christmas morning (blue = rain, white = snow) www.wxcharts.com?dataset=ecmw...
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Don't get too excited but this is a precipitation chart for 6am on Christmas morning (blue = rain, white = snow) www.wxcharts.com?dataset=ecmw...
Lots in the paper this week including yours truly, but perhaps my favourite bit was the story about Ronnie Barker shopping in Mackay's hardware store on East Road 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Plus: High alert for ambulance service, how #EastWestRail was nearly cancelled, @philrodgers.co.uk on a year in #Cambridge politics, Tiger Pass, Mackays move, 5600-home Hartree update, flying taxis, Beehive reaction, River Cam lock update & top 10 board games for Christmas
In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social we talk to a firefighter about amazing work from crews tackling @cuh.nhs.uk car park fire. Plus mayor's plans to triple #Cambridgeshire economy. Pic specials at Carols @kingscollege.bsky.social filming, Granta Park Santa Run & Martin Bond's latest photo book
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Lots in the paper this week including yours truly, but perhaps my favourite bit was the story about Ronnie Barker shopping in Mackay's hardware store on East Road 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
Reposted by Phil Rodgers
In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social we talk to a firefighter about amazing work from crews tackling @cuh.nhs.uk car park fire. Plus mayor's plans to triple #Cambridgeshire economy. Pic specials at Carols @kingscollege.bsky.social filming, Granta Park Santa Run & Martin Bond's latest photo book
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In @cambridgeindy.bsky.social we talk to a firefighter about amazing work from crews tackling @cuh.nhs.uk car park fire. Plus mayor's plans to triple #Cambridgeshire economy. Pic specials at Carols @kingscollege.bsky.social filming, Granta Park Santa Run & Martin Bond's latest photo book
Surely the problem with this "return of Andy Burnham" scenario is that selection of candidates for by-elections is ultimately under the control of the central Labour party. If Keir Starmer retains control of that, he could block Andy Burnham's selection. www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/ar...
The end of the Keir show is getting closer – politicalbetting.com
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December 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Surely the problem with this "return of Andy Burnham" scenario is that selection of candidates for by-elections is ultimately under the control of the central Labour party. If Keir Starmer retains control of that, he could block Andy Burnham's selection. www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/ar...
Hearing from camcreatives on Instagram the sad news that Richard Kindersley has died.
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hearing from camcreatives on Instagram the sad news that Richard Kindersley has died.
Daniel Fulton of the Fews Lane Consortium becomes treasurer of the Cambridge Greens
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Daniel Fulton of the Fews Lane Consortium becomes treasurer of the Cambridge Greens