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.

“Nearly a century ago, it probably seemed the perfect name for a magazine about the fur trade and Canada’s northwest frontier.”
- Deborah Morrison, publisher of Canada’s second-oldest magazine - The Beaver – which is changing its name after 90 years because the title is too often censored by online porn filters, preventing it from reaching new readers. ”The [...]

Dear Stockwell Day,
As Canada’s international trade minister, you are set to lead the fight about the EU’s newly imposed ban on the import of seal products.  Canada is already threatening to go to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge the ban so I doubt that this is the last we will hear of the [...]

Dear Jennifer Stoddart,
Thank you for finally waking up to the gradual encroachment of Facebook into basic civil liberties.  The advent of social networking has raised a huge number of issues regarding privacy and personal information, but there has been surprisingly little reaction to the way that sites such as Facebook hand out personal details to [...]

“Other than an age range, neither woman could provide further description.”
- a press release from Canadian police, who were on the search on Monday for a brazen thief who snatched a take-away meal while making a naked run past a fast food restaurant’s drive-though window. An employee of a Langley, British Columbia, Wendy’s restaurant was handing food [...]