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 Ed Balls,
Much as I’d like to send a congratulatory letter to Alistair Darling this morning for being honest when it comes to Downing Street bullying, I thought your disgraceful plans for sex education in faith schools needed to be brought to people’s attention.  You tried to deny yesterday that plans for compulsory sex education in England’s [...]

Dear United Synagogue,
Yesterday’s Appeal Court ruling that may force all Jewish Schools to change their admissions rules is to be welcomed.  You might not have agreed with their decision, but your behaviour was clearly out of order and discriminatory, demonstrating yet again why faith schools are so counterproductive when it comes to creating a tolerant, cohesive society.
The [...]

Dear Ed Balls,
For months now, you have refused to set schools free from state control, ensuring that local authorities maintain their grip on our education system and condemn it to many more years of failure and stagnation.  It is, therefore, ironic that when you finally announce some element of freedom for schools, it is the [...]

Dear Oona Stannard
As head of the Catholic Education Service in this country, you have probably been watching the increasingly fraught relationship between religion and public services with a keen interest.  Christianity has come in for some rough treatment over the past few weeks and months as Labour drive home their ‘Equality’ and ‘Diversity’ agendas.  Your fear that [...]

Dear ‘Iftikhar’,
I don’t make a habit of writing letters to people who leave comments on my blog, but your comment yesterday in response to the news that a number of Muslim schools have been caught promoting fundamentalist beliefs were without doubt the most appalling remarks I have ever seen on this blog on any topic.  [...]

“The Holy Prophet stated the person who plays chess is like one who dips his hands in the blood of a swine (pig).”
- a message on a website linked to from a Muslim primary school recently.  A report by the think-tank Civitas found Islamic fundamentalism was being promoted on websites at some Muslim schools.  One site linked [...]

Dear Ed Balls,
It’s nice to see you getting back to your job, after doing a superb job of humiliating yourself at this years Budget.  It seems that you have picked on faith schools over the past few weeks, but annoyingly I find it hard to argue with your findings that a lot of faith schools [...]

Dear Ed Balls,
You’re not on a good run at the moment, are you?  Only a few days ago I sent you a letter about your patent contradictions regarding child safety, and today you pin your name to proposals to increase the number of faith schools in the country.
In this day and age, when religious and [...]