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.

3rd November 2009, the day after the Lisbon Treaty was ratified: “If we win the next election, we will amend the European Communities Act 1972 to prohibit, by law, the transfer of power to the EU without a referendum. And that will cover not just any future treaties like Lisbon, but any future attempt to [...]

Dear Lord Mandelson,
After being heralded by Gordon Brown as a powerful figure in European circles when you returned to the Cabinet, one would expect you to be able to successfully negotiate with other EU countries when it came to industrial matters.  Unfortunately for you and the British car industry, it looks like you have seriously [...]

“A competition to outdo each other with promises will not calm the situation”
- Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, who yesterday opened up a new rift with Britain and the United States ahead of the G20 summit in London when she delivered a blunt rejection of extra fiscal stimulus packages as advocated by Gordon Brown and Obama.  [...]

Dear Angela Merkel,
Even though I am deeply suspicious of anyone who supports a Federalist European state, I take my hat off to you for the manner in which you have gone about resurrecting the struggling German economy.  Recession has already tightened its grip on your nation and it may get worse still, yet you have [...]