Letters From A Tory Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others.

Dear David Davis,
Yet another opportunity to show the detrimental effect that this Labour government has on our safety and well-being has presented itself this morning.  I am absolutely appalled to read that the police are targetting middle-class, law-abiding voters in an attempt to meet government targets for handing out penalty notices or cautioning someone.  Even [...]

“The worst thing in politics is when you’re so scared of losing support that you don’t do what you think is the right thing.”
- Tony Blair, talking about how faith can help you make tough decisions as PM but obviously forgetting that Gordon Brown is regularly chickening out of tough decisions in the face of public opposition 

Dear readers,
Three stories jumped out at me over the past 24 hours.
1. The Times, today: “The British National Party sought yesterday to present the killing of one of its activists by a Muslim elder as an act of white martyrdom.  On the steps of Stafford Crown Court, Michael Coleman, a BNP councillor and organiser of [...]

Today’s Guardian: “Senior officials in the Labour party, including Gordon Brown, could become personally liable for millions of pounds in debt unless new donors can be found within weeks, the Guardian has learned.  The party has five weeks to find £7.45m to pay off loans to banks and wealthy donors recruited by Lord Levy, Tony [...]

Dear readers,
I’m trialling my RANTBOX (on the right hand side of your screen) at the moment.  It’s an instant messaging tool where you can contact me whenever I’m online and we can chat in real time.  Feel free to vent your frustration at petrol prices, the EU, MP expenses or anything else you’d like to contact me [...]

Dear Friends of the Earth,
You really don’t get it, do you.  If organisations like yours came up with sensible policies to guide us towards more sustainable lifestyle choices, I might be willing to listen.  However, the reality is that you just spout utter nonsense that ends up making you look foolish and ill-informed, thereby completely [...]

”Welcome to your future. This shows an EU mindset that is arrogant, anti-democratic and frankly scary.  These people are so scared of public opinion they are willing to set in stone the right to ignore it. Freedom requires the governing elite to be held to account. They must be getting very worried if they are [...]

Nuff said.

Dear Michael Martin,
Not content with screwing the taxpayer yourself, the Speaker’s committee proposals for reforming the expenses system for MP’s is just unbelievable.  Only a matter of days ago we learnt that Gordon Brown charged the taxpayer £372 for Sky TV, Tony Blair got the taxpayer to fund his nice new £11,200 kitcken, Barbara Follett charged us [...]

“It is unfair on people who bought their cars a few years ago, not knowing that the Government were going to put this road tax on. When people get their road tax letter through the door next year and find they have got an extra £200 to pay – well, I don’t have to say [...]

He didn’t challenge for the leadership after Blair’s departure because Brown had too much support, but maybe now is the time to strike?

Dear Harriet Harman,
Nice try, but you ain’t fooling nobody.  As Gordon Brown hid away yesterday after the C&N result, save for a quick few words about how he ‘understands our concerns’ (although obviously not very well, seeing as he is in fact the biggest concern we have), you were left to make some speedily hashed-together [...]

“The problem with Gordon is nobody likes him.”
- a government aide, quoted in the Telegraph

Dear readers,
In case you didn’t spot it, I’m going to try using a LIVE CHAT feature on my blog (look to the right!) to talk about Crewe and Nantwich or any other topical issues.  Give it a go and see if you like it, as I’m considering making it a permanent fixture.  Feedback always appreciated.
UPDATE [...]

On the right, there is a winner.  On the left, there is a loser.
Here endeth the lesson.

“It would be an immense misreading of the situation for New Labour ministers to dismiss [the Crewe and Nantwich] result as simply mid-term blues. The prime minister’s re-launch after the disaster of the local election results has proved to be totally ineffective.”
- John McDonnell MP, Labour backbencher

Dear Steve Richards,
I think you’ve missed the mark with your article in the Independent this morning.  You base your argument around the belief that mounting an attack on the ‘Tory toffs’ is fine but Labour executed it poorly.  I profoundly disagree with this analysis and think you have grossly over-simplified the issue, while doing a [...]

“I don’t want a bloody lecture”
- The Duke of Edinburgh’s reported remark when Jamie Durie, the Australian garden designer, tried to explain to him in detail his exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show

Dear readers,
The arguments about the quality and quantity of evidence concerning foetal pain and survival rates has been fierce during the debate on abortion laws and has led to some bloggers making a string of personal attacks on the Conservative MP Nadine Dorries – with Tim Ireland and Devil’s Kitchen being the worst offenders.  I’m [...]

The English language provides us with plenty of options for getting ourselves into trouble for being abusive or using inappropriate language or insulting people – but I never really thought that writing the word “cult” was sufficient cause to get you prosecuted, until now….

Dear David Davis,
Although I appreciate that you are busy crushing the Labour Party in Crewe and Nantwich, there is a very important issue for you to deal with once the by-election is over.  The phrases ‘Big Brother’ and ’surveillance society’ are regular fixtures in the media these days, but today the reality of where we are heading [...]

“I wouldn’t be surprised if [the Tory Toff campaigning] continues at the general election, because there are sufficient Neanderthals at the top of the Labour Party that will insist on this strategy”
- Eric Pickles MP, a quote that becomes more poignant when even the Guardian are proclaiming that Labour have hit rock bottom

Dear readers,
Below is a very instructive picture of the US Presidential elections, which I have decided to label for you:

1 = Barack Obama
2 = 75,000 people listening to Barack Obama
Need I say more?

Dear Harriet Harman,
To read about your interview on family life this morning was very revealing and very sad.  In a country where we have the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe, where we are bottom out of 21 developed countries in a UN report on the wellbeing of children (including child poverty, health, education, family and peer [...]

“I think the staggering number of abortions in Britain is something that must be looked at” 
- Iain Duncan Smith MP