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 Andrew Lansley,
Seeing as you still remain the only Shadow Cabinet member to be guaranteed your job up to the General Election, it’s about time you started doing something useful.  Your frequent fumbles over NHS policy have left me wondering whether you are up to the job and whether you even understand the basic principle [...]

Dear Andrew Lansley,
Today’s verdict that England is ‘the sick man of Europe’ must have really stung Alan Johnson.  Labour have been in power for over ten years and despite countless initiatives, hundreds of millions of pounds in investment and numerous ministers having a crack at the problem, England is still in dire straits.  The figures [...]

Dear Andrew Lansley,
Having declared to the nation that a recession could be “good for us” in many ways, much to the delight of the government, I understand why your handlers are keeping you away from the spotlight.  Cameron and Osborne are clearly concerned about the ‘tax bombshell’ that Brown & Co. are going to leave this [...]

Dear Andrew Lansley,
Bit of a mixed bag, I’m afraid.  The article in today’s Independent on your drive towards healthier lifestyles started with such promise as you declared that people “have no excuse not to exercise, or eat their fruit and vegetables” and that blaiming biological and environmental factors for becoming obese is unacceptable.  Sadly, when [...]

Dear Andrew Lansley,
As Shadow Health Secretary, you have remained vigilant without making a spectacular impact thus far.  Admittedly Alan Johnson hasn’t been making the headlines either, save for the occasional pointless initiative on obesity or smoking.  Unfortunately, your front page headline in The Times proclaiming that you will spend an extra £28 billion on the [...]

Dear Andrew Lansley,
You really have to tear the Government to pieces over the outrageous proposals to pay people to lose weight.  This is going to have disastrous consequences for people’s physical and mental health and I urge you to turn this against the Government.
Apparently, even the Conservatives have ‘healthy lifestyle reward vouchers’ in the pipeline, [...]