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.

“necessity defence”
- the name given to the tactic being used by the legal team representing Scott Roeder, who has already confessed to the killing of a leading abortion provider in Kansas, USA, last year.  This defence would allow Roeder to argue that the murder was a justified act because of his belief that in killing one man he was saving [...]

Dear Dawn Primarolo,
As Health Minister you tend to only crop up in the media when announcements are less than glamorous, and today is no exception.  You are claiming success from new figures that have shown the number of abortions, including for those under-18 and under-16, has fallen since 2007 and fell by 4.5% in the [...]

Dear Harriet Harman,
Cynicism.  Pure cynicism.  Instead of facing the music, you run and hide.  Labour’s contempt for civil liberties is becoming so overwhelming that barely a day passes without someone reminding that government that we live in a free country and should behave as such.  Now it is clear to me that Labour is rapidly [...]

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 [...]

Dear Nadine Dorries.
Firstly I would like to say that I fully respect your commitment to lobbying for the reduction of the abortion limit from 24 to 20 weeks, as shown HERE and HERE.  You are clearly very passionate about the issue and you are pursuing it through all the right channels.  That said, I’m struggling [...]

Dear The Times,
Your fortright but sensible views on abortion in this morning’s Leader were much appreciated.  Abortion is a desperately sensitive subject and you gave it the respect it deserved.  So often, people lose perspective on this issue as they get tangled up in their own strongly held and commited beliefs.  Thankfully you took a [...]