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 Ben Lewis,
Everyone loves suing big companies these days but sometimes [...]

Dear Food Standards Agency,
Now that quangos are coming under increasing pressure, I would have thought the last thing on your mind would be to spout rubbish and attract the fury of consumers and retailers.  Bizarrely, this is precisely what you have done with your recommendation that pork pies, sausage rolls and packs of crisps should [...]

Dear David Cameron,
It is with some disappointment that I note you are still willing to grab a quick headline instead of tackling the underlying causes of societal problems.  I thought that after all your talk of personal responsibility over the past few years, you might be willing to take a different approach to your Labour [...]

Dear Barack Obama,
Despite the economic downturn, you are still rightly committed to creating a universal health insurance system in America.  Seeing as it formed the backbone of your election platform, voters would not be particularly impressed if you walked away from such a bold plan.  Even though your reforms could save over one trillion dollars in the [...]

“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 [...]

It looks like corrupt and incompetent politicians are not the only ones who need a good grilling at this time of year.

You know that feeling you get when you read about the latest Labour policy initiative and think to yourself ‘Which idiot thought that was a good idea? How can anyone think that will actually work?’ – well, it looks like this idiocy is not confined to the British Isles.

Now that junk food and anything vaguely interesting has been evicted from school canteens around the country, one wonders what might be next to get banned?

Dear fast food restaurants,
You must be so chuffed.  I mean, look at you – churning out incredibly poor quality food that has unbelievably high levels of salt and fat, and you get away it.  Why? Because the government is too damn scared.
If I was Prime Minister, I would go after you like there’s no tomorrow.  [...]