Lee Martin

@PaulEdgeworth thesun.co.uk/news/6066898/l…

48 hours in & the Reform administration in Sunderland is in chaos. These allegations are horrific. Instead of Reform's divisive and toxic politics we need real change & improvements for everyone on Wearside - whether you're from Sunderland or you've chosen to make our city home.

@PaulEdgeworth bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

@LeeXMartin I don't know about the Tories under your leadership Lee, but I've never had a councillor who's allegedly called for Nigerian people to be 'melted down' to 'fill potholes'. Absolutely horrendous and not just another 'dodgy' councillor

@PaulEdgeworth That’s not what I said Paul

@StephenO62223 @SunderlandCity Grandfather of the chamber. Congrats on the win.

It has just dawned on me at the ripe old age of 35, I will be the longest serving member of @SunderlandCity council…. I feel old

@TyneWearElects A first

Conservatives wiped out in Sunderland.

@TyneWearElects Who would have thought 3 of the 5 would come from Barnes and Thornhill

Final Sunderland numbers: Reform - 58 (+58) Lib Dem - 12 (-2) Lab - 5 (-46) Con - 0 (-10)

@OwenWTYounger Sad to see no Conservatives on the council for the first time.

While we wait, with 24/25 seats declared, the Sunderland City Council makeup is as follows: Reform UK: 58 Liberal Democrats: 9 Labour: 5

@TheDesiAngrez Sunderland had a Tory council on ten 1970s and a Tory MP in the 1960s

Sunderland. Labour since 1919. Barnsley. Labour since 1973. Wakefield. Labour since forever. All three projected to flip to Reform. Not to Conservatives. Not to Lib Dems. To a party that had zero council seats four years ago. 5 days. #ReformUK #LocalElections2026

@AngelaRayner And up on Sunderland Labour are telling people it’s not a national election

@TheRealJamieKay @obritom Maggie

Make your choice.

@BBCNewsnight @SGHutchence Bring him back

“This situation is going to really damage trust between officials and ministers” Ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts to the Government’s handing of the Peter Mandelson vetting row: “We need our government to govern and when it’s dealing with this, that’s what it’s not doing.” #Newsnight

@tomhfh Handy for the bottle return scheme over here

Has anyone polled the public on how hated the stupid attached bottle cap thing is? Or on useless paper straws? Interested to see public attitudes here.

@vonderleyen @OliverKamm I don’t think the president of the commission should comment on national elections

Today, Europe is Hungarian. We are stronger. More united. To the people of Hungary - you've done it again. You have spoken. You have chosen Europe. It's a victory for fundamental freedoms.

@StephenO62223 @Bombeplatform @fletchersimon Your prediction is unfounded then

@Bombeplatform @LeeXMartin @fletchersimon Just checked my emails here’s the final map

Exclusive: Labour is set for historic losses in Tyne & Wear at this May’s local elections, according to new public opinion modelling which has already shown devastating prospects for Labour in London and Birmingham. Link below

@afneil Pushing ships through the straits would be the real dare

Indeed. It does seem to be real. Very, very scary.

@itvpeston @PaulBrandITV @Peston @KemiBadenoch I don’t think she needs to. That’s how slam dunk it was at PMQs.

After putting pressure on the PM today, when should the public expect to see full details of what was known when Peter Mandelson was appointed? ⏳ + Is she calling for Keir Starmer to resign? 👋 @Peston will ask @KemiBadenoch tonight #Peston

@JamesMelville David Rees-Mogg

David Miliband is the personification of a smug, out of touch, highfalutin, Davos-set, political establishment figure who talks in ‘I know best’ rhetoric that displays absolutely no real idea what millions of people are facing in their daily lives.

@annaturley Where’s the Tory bar?

It’s a two horse race in Gorton and Denton: