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.

Welcome to ‘Letters From A Tory’, covering British politics from a conservative perspective. Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts about today’s letter, and don’t forget that you can CLICK HERE to get my letters sent to you by RSS every morning.Dear William Hague,
The soundbytes in the morning papers will bring joy [...]

Dear Alistair Darling,
Watching you and the other major world finance ministers struggle to agree on the agenda, let alone any solutions, for the G20 summit next month is truly hilarious.  Gordon Brown has pinned all his hopes on kidding himself and voters that this summit will somehow signal the end of the economic crisis and [...]

Dear Matt Lewis,
Waking up on a Saturday morning is difficult enough for most people, but for you waking up today must be a pretty horrible experience.  Almost every paper has run with the story about your questionable decision to dress up as a dead Madeleine McCann at a fancy dress party, with the Daily Mail [...]

Dear Alan Duncan,
I fear that this may be the last letter I write to you on this blog.  Such has been your woeful performance as Shadow Business Secretary, your position has becoming extremely vulnerable.  With a reshuffle on the Conservative frontbench now thought to be imminent, the last thing any sensible Shadow Cabinet member would [...]

Dear Simon Heffer,
I find your Telegraph column to be a rather mixed bag.  While I often agree with your demands, complaints and general narrative, most of which is aimed at the Conservative Party, I simply do not understand how you can ignore the political context surrounding the events that you describe.  Your dislike for Conservative Party policy, [...]

Dear crooked Conservative MEPs,
I simply cannot believe what I am reading.  You really don’t get it, do you.  When faced with a barrage of evidence showing how immorally you have acted, your reactions have been extremely disappointing.  Your resignations should have been handed in the second that you were caught, but instead you have decided [...]

Dear Janet Daley,
Even though you are almost a year too late with your article in the Telegraph this morning, I largely agree with your analysis.  You rightly ask whether New Labour was “ever anything more than a stupendously successful media operation?”  The answer is yes, but not much.
Although Gordon Brown has made a large number of [...]

Dear Chris Grayling,
You seem to be rising through the ranks of the Conservative Party with some ease and it is becoming more and more apparent why you are highly regarded.
While David Cameron is doing a lot of the glamour work in front of the cameras, which is absolutely essential, you are also following up his [...]

Dear Simon Heffer,
Your thoroughly justified anger in today’s Telegraph was verging on an educated rant, and consequently made for good reading.
Although you touched on many recent news stories, your point about public services was the most cutting.  The fact that many ministers have never done a ‘real job’ means that they are completely detached from the ‘real world’.  [...]

Dear The Guardian,
And there was me naively thinking that you might try and give a balanced view of the Conservative Party conference – my mistake, evidently.  Your front page attack on David Cameron and his tax cut proposas, stating that they are “uncosted and unaffordable” was not only incorrect, but also laughably biased.
George Osborne has made it abundantly [...]

Dear David Cameron,
So here we are.  After the rollercoaster of a ride that has been the last six months as leader of the Conservative Party, one could reasonably argue that it all comes down to one speech.  The polls are still being fairly unkind to the Conservatives, although the fact that Labour have just had [...]

Dear David Cameron,
I respect the fact that you are not bothering to fight Gordon Brown for the headlines during the Labour Party conference.  There isn’t really much point, seeing as he will steal the headlines regardless of any counter-offensive you launch.  But as you rightly spotted yesterday, Gordon Brown’s speech was light on content and [...]

Dear Andy Coulson,
Obviously your work in the Conservative Party is never going to grab the headlines because your best strategy is to support David Cameron behind the scenes.  Even though you started your job a few months back, the benefits of your experience and expertise are really starting to show.
After a very rocky period in mid [...]

Dear Michael Ancram,
I don’t understand it, I really don’t.  I will start this letter by saying that you raised some valid points in your article in the Telegraph this morning.  Your views on the Euro, our relationship with Europe, our commitment to lower taxes – all of these will strike a chord with many Conservatives.  [...]