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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Some (un)lucky councillors elected for four years are getting three extra years in office without having to face election, thanks to Labour.
Minister all but confirms some councillors will get 7 year terms
Minister all but confirms some councillors will get 7 year terms
Welcome
buff.ly
January 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Some (un)lucky councillors elected for four years are getting three extra years in office without having to face election, thanks to Labour.
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"Putin is waging war in Europe. Trump is threatening the end of NATO. So why won’t the Prime Minister just get on with buying Great British helicopters?"
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Putin is waging war in Europe. Trump is threatening the end of NATO. So why won’t the Prime Minister just get on with buying Great British helicopters?"
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
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The lack of reality of the Greens to prefer a military alliance with South Africa, which is more Russia aligned, rather than Germany, France or Spain.
January 19, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The lack of reality of the Greens to prefer a military alliance with South Africa, which is more Russia aligned, rather than Germany, France or Spain.
This is so important. The most valuable life skill for anyone starting out is understanding money. Managing a budget, savings and investments and possibly your own business. Yet schools don’t do this well.
Financial literacy will be central to the UK’s future prosperity ft.trib.al/ZPHZp5t | opinion
Financial literacy will be central to the UK’s future prosperity
Habits around money start early, so teaching children about it should as well
ft.trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 12:12 PM
This is so important. The most valuable life skill for anyone starting out is understanding money. Managing a budget, savings and investments and possibly your own business. Yet schools don’t do this well.
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Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
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Watching the Jenrick Press Conference:
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
a woman with glasses is sitting in a crowd and says " what first attracted you to the millionaire paul daniels "
ALT: a woman with glasses is sitting in a crowd and says " what first attracted you to the millionaire paul daniels "
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Watching the Jenrick Press Conference:
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
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I tried again yesterday but same answer again from government.
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
I tried again yesterday but same answer again from government.
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🔶 Lib Dems £1.5bn plan to give patients in England a legal right to be seen in A&E within 12 hours, to end a "deadly corridor crisis".
Ed Davey called for a new legal duty to limit the time patients wait to be admitted, transferred or discharged after arriving in A&E.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ed Davey called for a new legal duty to limit the time patients wait to be admitted, transferred or discharged after arriving in A&E.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waits
Party leader Ed Davey calls for £1.5bn to be spent on ending a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
🔶 Lib Dems £1.5bn plan to give patients in England a legal right to be seen in A&E within 12 hours, to end a "deadly corridor crisis".
Ed Davey called for a new legal duty to limit the time patients wait to be admitted, transferred or discharged after arriving in A&E.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ed Davey called for a new legal duty to limit the time patients wait to be admitted, transferred or discharged after arriving in A&E.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
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Last night I presented my petition in the House of Commons calling on the government to think again and turn down any request from West Sussex County Council to delay elections in May.
@ITVMeridian ran the story on Good Morning Meridian/Britain this morning.
@ITVMeridian ran the story on Good Morning Meridian/Britain this morning.
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Last night I presented my petition in the House of Commons calling on the government to think again and turn down any request from West Sussex County Council to delay elections in May.
@ITVMeridian ran the story on Good Morning Meridian/Britain this morning.
@ITVMeridian ran the story on Good Morning Meridian/Britain this morning.
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Lib Dems called for the £3bn ‘Trump tax' to be scrapped with investment targeted at the crisis in social care.
Also the govt. should negotiate a new customs union with the EU to ensure the UK is less vulnerable to tariff threats & invest in life science
www.healthcare-management.uk/us-drugs-dea...
Also the govt. should negotiate a new customs union with the EU to ensure the UK is less vulnerable to tariff threats & invest in life science
www.healthcare-management.uk/us-drugs-dea...
US drugs deal 'a surrender', say Lib Dems
The deal announced in December allows for a 25% rise in the price the NHS pays for new medicines - estimated at an additional annual cost of £3bn.
Liberal Democrat...
www.healthcare-management.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Lib Dems called for the £3bn ‘Trump tax' to be scrapped with investment targeted at the crisis in social care.
Also the govt. should negotiate a new customs union with the EU to ensure the UK is less vulnerable to tariff threats & invest in life science
www.healthcare-management.uk/us-drugs-dea...
Also the govt. should negotiate a new customs union with the EU to ensure the UK is less vulnerable to tariff threats & invest in life science
www.healthcare-management.uk/us-drugs-dea...
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We cannot stand by and wait for Elon Musk to do the right thing while people are being abused and exploited.
Liberal Democrats are calling for a full criminal investigation into X’s UK operations.
Liberal Democrats are calling for a full criminal investigation into X’s UK operations.
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
We cannot stand by and wait for Elon Musk to do the right thing while people are being abused and exploited.
Liberal Democrats are calling for a full criminal investigation into X’s UK operations.
Liberal Democrats are calling for a full criminal investigation into X’s UK operations.
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📰 In my Middy column this week, I talk about the results of my mobile signal survey, what this has meant for people in Mid Sussex, and what I will be doing to push the government to do better for rural communities.
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion...
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion...
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
📰 In my Middy column this week, I talk about the results of my mobile signal survey, what this has meant for people in Mid Sussex, and what I will be doing to push the government to do better for rural communities.
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion...
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/opinion...
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The Town Council offers a small grants programme to support local groups, charities and organisations.
To find out more about our grants programme, please visit buff.ly/cXK8G3S
#HaywardsHeathTownCouncil #CommunityGrants #SmallGrantsProgramme
To find out more about our grants programme, please visit buff.ly/cXK8G3S
#HaywardsHeathTownCouncil #CommunityGrants #SmallGrantsProgramme
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The Town Council offers a small grants programme to support local groups, charities and organisations.
To find out more about our grants programme, please visit buff.ly/cXK8G3S
#HaywardsHeathTownCouncil #CommunityGrants #SmallGrantsProgramme
To find out more about our grants programme, please visit buff.ly/cXK8G3S
#HaywardsHeathTownCouncil #CommunityGrants #SmallGrantsProgramme
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Are you a local business looking for FREE promotion? Every Thursday in 2026, we’ll spotlight a different business and share it with the community!
Visit our website to find out how to get involved! buff.ly/rAFNAcO
#SupportLocal #BusinessBoost #CommunitySpotlight #HaywardsHeath
Visit our website to find out how to get involved! buff.ly/rAFNAcO
#SupportLocal #BusinessBoost #CommunitySpotlight #HaywardsHeath
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Are you a local business looking for FREE promotion? Every Thursday in 2026, we’ll spotlight a different business and share it with the community!
Visit our website to find out how to get involved! buff.ly/rAFNAcO
#SupportLocal #BusinessBoost #CommunitySpotlight #HaywardsHeath
Visit our website to find out how to get involved! buff.ly/rAFNAcO
#SupportLocal #BusinessBoost #CommunitySpotlight #HaywardsHeath
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Brexit’s not just costing the country, it’s costing your round.
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Brexit’s not just costing the country, it’s costing your round.
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The Prime Minister just looks ridiculous by refusing to say what everyone knows: Trump's actions in Venezuela were a clear breach of international law.
January 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The Prime Minister just looks ridiculous by refusing to say what everyone knows: Trump's actions in Venezuela were a clear breach of international law.
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Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
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Farage is at best an idiot, at worst cynically trying to stop people taking effective vaccines.
Regardless people will die because of what he says, and he deserves our contempt.
Vaccines save lives.
Regardless people will die because of what he says, and he deserves our contempt.
Vaccines save lives.
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Farage is at best an idiot, at worst cynically trying to stop people taking effective vaccines.
Regardless people will die because of what he says, and he deserves our contempt.
Vaccines save lives.
Regardless people will die because of what he says, and he deserves our contempt.
Vaccines save lives.
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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Can you trust anything Farage says?
Nigel Farage flip flopping again to suit his political agenda.
Nigel Farage flip flopping again to suit his political agenda.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Can you trust anything Farage says?
Nigel Farage flip flopping again to suit his political agenda.
Nigel Farage flip flopping again to suit his political agenda.
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After the latest horrible news about what X is doing (e.g. www.politico.eu/article/fran..., now is a good time to encourage other Lib Dems you know to try out using Bluesky as a New Year resolution.
This link will help them find Lib Dems here: bsky.app/profile/mark...
This link will help them find Lib Dems here: bsky.app/profile/mark...
January 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM
After the latest horrible news about what X is doing (e.g. www.politico.eu/article/fran..., now is a good time to encourage other Lib Dems you know to try out using Bluesky as a New Year resolution.
This link will help them find Lib Dems here: bsky.app/profile/mark...
This link will help them find Lib Dems here: bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Ed Davey: ‘Europe is crying out for closer relations with the U.K.’
#LibDems🔶
#EU 🇪🇺
www.ft.com/content/b234...
#LibDems🔶
#EU 🇪🇺
www.ft.com/content/b234...
Ed Davey: ‘Europe is crying out for closer relations with Britain’
Lib Dem leader says his party is best placed to take on Reform UK
www.ft.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Ed Davey: ‘Europe is crying out for closer relations with the U.K.’
#LibDems🔶
#EU 🇪🇺
www.ft.com/content/b234...
#LibDems🔶
#EU 🇪🇺
www.ft.com/content/b234...
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That’s 2025 wrapped.
Record-breaking local election wins. Leading the charge on the NHS and care, sewage and the cost of living. Taking the fight to Farage and Trump.
And we’re ready for more in 2026… 🔶
Record-breaking local election wins. Leading the charge on the NHS and care, sewage and the cost of living. Taking the fight to Farage and Trump.
And we’re ready for more in 2026… 🔶
Ed Davey's New Year Message
As Britain enters a new year of politics, the Liberal Democrats continue to make gains.
From challenging Donald Trump and Nigel Farage, to standing up for Gaza, the BBC, carers and Britain’s place…
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
That’s 2025 wrapped.
Record-breaking local election wins. Leading the charge on the NHS and care, sewage and the cost of living. Taking the fight to Farage and Trump.
And we’re ready for more in 2026… 🔶
Record-breaking local election wins. Leading the charge on the NHS and care, sewage and the cost of living. Taking the fight to Farage and Trump.
And we’re ready for more in 2026… 🔶