Politics should always be about truth and honesty.
Bedlington and the independents have proved that point.
Working together with all parties is now essential.
From the Northumberland Conservatives 2017 manifesto: 'We don’t think the highly-centralised ARCH with its Ashington-only focus is working. That is why we will scrap it'
Perhaps the new authority can take a look at Arch and see if there is a can of worms before they scrap it.
Congratulations to all three of the Bedlington Independents who were successful today. The work and effort that has been put into this campaign has been nothing short of tremendous, so well done.