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 Andy Burnham,
On the day that Labour launches its election manifesto, with a particular focus on public service reform and the threat of takeover for underperforming hospitals, I thought it would good fun to play a little game with you about our health service.  Ready?
I want you to imagine that a close relative, let’s say your [...]

Dear Andy Burnham,
Now that the likes of Harman and Balls have upped the ante in the race to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party, those lower down the chain like yourself are struggling to get headlines.  Unfortunately, your appearance in the newspapers today suggests that not only are you unfit to lead [...]

Dear readers,
I feel it is my duty as a blogger to inform you about the new immigration policy that the Government is trying to push through while Parliament is on recess.  This information came to me from a very reliable source and should concern all of us.  After Andy Burnham announced yesterday that criticising the [...]

Dear Andy Burnham,
After getting a good kicking in the media for your plans to censor the Internet just a couple of weeks back, now would normally be the time that ministers go away for a few weeks to lick their political wounds.  You, however, are clearly intent on destroying your reputation as soon as possible with [...]

Dear Andy Burnham
Being Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport is generally thought of as the easiest cabinet position seeing as you can acquire high-level experience without actually doing anything.  You have clearly decided to ignore your predecessors’ lead by starting a massive argument about web censorship.   Your suggestion that websites could [...]

Dear Dominic Lawson,
Well done for correctly spotting the wider implications of Andy Burnham’s unacceptable and potentially libellous remarks about Shami Chakrabarti.  Anyone who considers this to be an isolated incident that has no wider ramifications is clearly not looking at this situation very hard.
For Andy Burnham to say “I find something very curious in the [...]

Dear Andy Burnham,
I’m not quite sure how you received a score of 7/10 for the impact of changes to the licensing laws in the UK.  I suspect it has something to do with the fact that your department awarded the score to itself, and seeing as government departments usually exaggerate the smallest hint of success, [...]

Dear Andy Burnham,
I have no doubt that many campaigners breathed a collective sigh of relief after you announced that the planned super-casino in Manchester is to be scrapped.  Having said this, Labour is still more than happy to let gambling destroy the lives of millions of people just to get their hands on more corporation [...]

Dear Andy Burnham,
I am getting sick and tired of this.  Talk about a lack of vision and originality – your interview in the Telegraph has made it perfectly clear that Labour are about to steal yet another Conservative policy.
After the backlash against Alistair Darling’s policy theft, I thought I was on fairly safe ground by [...]