Paul Lucraft
@paullucr.bsky.social
Lib Dem Cllr for Haywards Heath Lucastes and Bolnore at Mid Sussex District and Haywards Heath Town Councils. Published and promoted by P Lucraft 4 Portsmouth Wood Close RH16 2DQ
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Labour and Reform are now trying to out do each other for who can be nastier on immigration.
Today Reform plan to withdraw benefits from EU nationals - which would likely harm retired Britons living all over Europe as the EU would inevitably retaliate.
Today Reform plan to withdraw benefits from EU nationals - which would likely harm retired Britons living all over Europe as the EU would inevitably retaliate.
In September, Reform said they would make welfare limited to UK citizens only. Then told journalists that would not apply to EU nationals with settled status, protected by the UK-EU withdrawal treaty, then said they could "negotiate" on that with the EU.
Now say they are reneging on the treaty
Now say they are reneging on the treaty
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Labour and Reform are now trying to out do each other for who can be nastier on immigration.
Today Reform plan to withdraw benefits from EU nationals - which would likely harm retired Britons living all over Europe as the EU would inevitably retaliate.
Today Reform plan to withdraw benefits from EU nationals - which would likely harm retired Britons living all over Europe as the EU would inevitably retaliate.
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Lib Dems condemn Labour Home Secretary's plan to rob asylum seekers of jewellery 👇
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November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lib Dems condemn Labour Home Secretary's plan to rob asylum seekers of jewellery 👇
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Labour's idea of returning refugees up to 20 years after they arrive, and begin rebuilding their lives, is appalling. Paddington puts it well here and there are many, many real people who this could affect.
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Labour's idea of returning refugees up to 20 years after they arrive, and begin rebuilding their lives, is appalling. Paddington puts it well here and there are many, many real people who this could affect.
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📰 In this week's Middy column, I talk about my recent visit to Harlands Primary Academy in Haywards Heath and the importance of ensuring school buildings are fit for purpose.
Have a read here www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
Have a read here www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📰 In this week's Middy column, I talk about my recent visit to Harlands Primary Academy in Haywards Heath and the importance of ensuring school buildings are fit for purpose.
Have a read here www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
Have a read here www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
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This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC.
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC.
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?
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It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks the BBC and tries to pick pockets of millions of licence fee payers.
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks the BBC and tries to pick pockets of millions of licence fee payers.
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Scottish Parliament Election voting intentions:
Voters would ‘consider’ voting for:
🟡 SNP: 37%
💚 Grn: 27%
🔶 Lib Dem: 26%
🔴 Lab : 23%
➡️ Ref UK: 21%
🟦 Con: 15%
🔲 Your Party': 15%
🟪 Alba: 8%
* 35% of
GE2024 Labour voters would consider voting for the Lib Dems 🔶
#LibDems
Voters would ‘consider’ voting for:
🟡 SNP: 37%
💚 Grn: 27%
🔶 Lib Dem: 26%
🔴 Lab : 23%
➡️ Ref UK: 21%
🟦 Con: 15%
🔲 Your Party': 15%
🟪 Alba: 8%
* 35% of
GE2024 Labour voters would consider voting for the Lib Dems 🔶
#LibDems
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Scottish Parliament Election voting intentions:
Voters would ‘consider’ voting for:
🟡 SNP: 37%
💚 Grn: 27%
🔶 Lib Dem: 26%
🔴 Lab : 23%
➡️ Ref UK: 21%
🟦 Con: 15%
🔲 Your Party': 15%
🟪 Alba: 8%
* 35% of
GE2024 Labour voters would consider voting for the Lib Dems 🔶
#LibDems
Voters would ‘consider’ voting for:
🟡 SNP: 37%
💚 Grn: 27%
🔶 Lib Dem: 26%
🔴 Lab : 23%
➡️ Ref UK: 21%
🟦 Con: 15%
🔲 Your Party': 15%
🟪 Alba: 8%
* 35% of
GE2024 Labour voters would consider voting for the Lib Dems 🔶
#LibDems
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Exciting improvements to start at Victoria Park this week!
Mid Sussex District Council will soon be starting to make exciting improvements to Victoria Park – based on your feedback!
Parts of the park will need to be closed off at while work is ongoing. You can find out more here: buff.ly/W5sSGmE
Mid Sussex District Council will soon be starting to make exciting improvements to Victoria Park – based on your feedback!
Parts of the park will need to be closed off at while work is ongoing. You can find out more here: buff.ly/W5sSGmE
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Exciting improvements to start at Victoria Park this week!
Mid Sussex District Council will soon be starting to make exciting improvements to Victoria Park – based on your feedback!
Parts of the park will need to be closed off at while work is ongoing. You can find out more here: buff.ly/W5sSGmE
Mid Sussex District Council will soon be starting to make exciting improvements to Victoria Park – based on your feedback!
Parts of the park will need to be closed off at while work is ongoing. You can find out more here: buff.ly/W5sSGmE
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Haywards Heath is all dressed up for the Christmas Festival!
Explore the town with our Christmas Window Trail, and also vote for your favourite local shop in the Best Dressed Christmas Window Competition!
Saturday 22nd November, 12-4.30pm
Explore the town with our Christmas Window Trail, and also vote for your favourite local shop in the Best Dressed Christmas Window Competition!
Saturday 22nd November, 12-4.30pm
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Haywards Heath is all dressed up for the Christmas Festival!
Explore the town with our Christmas Window Trail, and also vote for your favourite local shop in the Best Dressed Christmas Window Competition!
Saturday 22nd November, 12-4.30pm
Explore the town with our Christmas Window Trail, and also vote for your favourite local shop in the Best Dressed Christmas Window Competition!
Saturday 22nd November, 12-4.30pm
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Cllr Farzana Aldridge said she left Labour after feeling the party was moving away from "community-focused and forward-looking politics".
Northampton Labour councillor joins the Liberal Democrats
A Labour member of West Northamptonshire Council has crossed to the Liberal Democrats after becoming increasingly concerned”= with the party...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Cllr Farzana Aldridge said she left Labour after feeling the party was moving away from "community-focused and forward-looking politics".
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Haywards Heath Christmas Festival – Three Magical Venues!
On Saturday 22nd November, 12pm – 4:30pm, the festive fun spreads across three fantastic locations in Haywards Heath:
Centenary Hall (St Wilfrid’s Church)
United Reform Church Hall
Haywards Heath Baptist Church
On Saturday 22nd November, 12pm – 4:30pm, the festive fun spreads across three fantastic locations in Haywards Heath:
Centenary Hall (St Wilfrid’s Church)
United Reform Church Hall
Haywards Heath Baptist Church
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Haywards Heath Christmas Festival – Three Magical Venues!
On Saturday 22nd November, 12pm – 4:30pm, the festive fun spreads across three fantastic locations in Haywards Heath:
Centenary Hall (St Wilfrid’s Church)
United Reform Church Hall
Haywards Heath Baptist Church
On Saturday 22nd November, 12pm – 4:30pm, the festive fun spreads across three fantastic locations in Haywards Heath:
Centenary Hall (St Wilfrid’s Church)
United Reform Church Hall
Haywards Heath Baptist Church
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Liberal Democrat MPs have today tabled a motion in Parliament to remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
Robbie Gibb was appointed by Boris Johnson, he was an editorial adviser to GB News and a director of communications for Theresa May. He is not neutral or impartial.
Robbie Gibb was appointed by Boris Johnson, he was an editorial adviser to GB News and a director of communications for Theresa May. He is not neutral or impartial.
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Liberal Democrat MPs have today tabled a motion in Parliament to remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
Robbie Gibb was appointed by Boris Johnson, he was an editorial adviser to GB News and a director of communications for Theresa May. He is not neutral or impartial.
Robbie Gibb was appointed by Boris Johnson, he was an editorial adviser to GB News and a director of communications for Theresa May. He is not neutral or impartial.
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Great to be in Brighton today and listen to ideas for supporting businesses here. I want to draw Sussex together and make it a place to do business.
Got a business based in Sussex? I'd love to hear how we could support you and grow our economy. Email me at: ben.dempsey@sussexlibdems.org.uk
Got a business based in Sussex? I'd love to hear how we could support you and grow our economy. Email me at: ben.dempsey@sussexlibdems.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Great to be in Brighton today and listen to ideas for supporting businesses here. I want to draw Sussex together and make it a place to do business.
Got a business based in Sussex? I'd love to hear how we could support you and grow our economy. Email me at: ben.dempsey@sussexlibdems.org.uk
Got a business based in Sussex? I'd love to hear how we could support you and grow our economy. Email me at: ben.dempsey@sussexlibdems.org.uk
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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Asked for a few comments by @michaelkeohan.bsky.social as I arrived at County Hall this morning.
I said Kent faces a budget crisis, a care crisis and now a political instability crisis under Reform.
I said Kent faces a budget crisis, a care crisis and now a political instability crisis under Reform.
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Asked for a few comments by @michaelkeohan.bsky.social as I arrived at County Hall this morning.
I said Kent faces a budget crisis, a care crisis and now a political instability crisis under Reform.
I said Kent faces a budget crisis, a care crisis and now a political instability crisis under Reform.
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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On #RemembranceSunday, I was honoured to lay wreaths at two Mid Sussex services.
First in Haywards Heath at eleven o'clock, and then in Hassocks this afternoon.
We will not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
First in Haywards Heath at eleven o'clock, and then in Hassocks this afternoon.
We will not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On #RemembranceSunday, I was honoured to lay wreaths at two Mid Sussex services.
First in Haywards Heath at eleven o'clock, and then in Hassocks this afternoon.
We will not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
First in Haywards Heath at eleven o'clock, and then in Hassocks this afternoon.
We will not forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
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Keir Starmer needs to wake up and fix our broken voting system before the next election, or he risks letting Nigel Farage into Number 10.
We will keep fighting for fair votes to make sure every voice is heard.
We will keep fighting for fair votes to make sure every voice is heard.
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Keir Starmer needs to wake up and fix our broken voting system before the next election, or he risks letting Nigel Farage into Number 10.
We will keep fighting for fair votes to make sure every voice is heard.
We will keep fighting for fair votes to make sure every voice is heard.
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"We've got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their voice doesn't count. That's got to be addressed by electoral reform. We will never get full participation in our electoral system until we do that at every level." Starmer when he wanted to be Labour leader
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"We've got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their voice doesn't count. That's got to be addressed by electoral reform. We will never get full participation in our electoral system until we do that at every level." Starmer when he wanted to be Labour leader
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What is the EHCR (European Convention on Human Rights)?
Here is an excellent explanation by Alison Bennett MP.
Here is an excellent explanation by Alison Bennett MP.
What is the ECHR? Here's an excellent explanation written by @alisonebennett.bsky.social very recently. Strongly recommended prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/L...
Last Wednesday MPs gathered in the House of Commons to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Chamber being reopened following its bombing in WWII.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What is the EHCR (European Convention on Human Rights)?
Here is an excellent explanation by Alison Bennett MP.
Here is an excellent explanation by Alison Bennett MP.
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Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.
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Yesterday morning I laid a Remembrance Cross in Parliament's garden of remembrance.
We must never forget that freedom is not free, and remember those who gave everything to protect it.
We must never forget that freedom is not free, and remember those who gave everything to protect it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yesterday morning I laid a Remembrance Cross in Parliament's garden of remembrance.
We must never forget that freedom is not free, and remember those who gave everything to protect it.
We must never forget that freedom is not free, and remember those who gave everything to protect it.