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 David Cameron,
It’s been a rocky few weeks to say the least, although you seem to be just about keeping your head above water in the national and marginals polls.  Today Gordon Brown will make a speech about the economy at the same time as more bad news pours in.  I’m not a fan of [...]

“Kremlinologists of the party have talked of various pygmies and teenagers in the closed circle around Mr Cameron having catfights with each other, or being reassigned duties within the nascent campaign, as panic starts to seep up the creeks and fill the shallows of what was once the dry land of self-assurance. A summit was, [...]

“If Gordon Brown is on course to win the next election, then Elvis Presley is on course to win The X Factor and Shergar to win the Grand National”
- London’s Mayor Boris Johnson

Dear David Cameron,
There is no doubt in my mind that you will be watching the polls over the next few days with even more interest than usual.  Your spring conference in Brighton, which was considerably smaller than the main party conference in October, attracted some reasonably positive coverage but yet again your hand is being [...]

Dear readers,
You might remember a few days ago that news broke of a document prepared for the Cabinet Office and the Home Office in 2000 which confirmed that Labour encouraged mass immigration even though it knew that voters opposed it while simultaneously claiming that the public disagreed with immigration because of ‘racism’.  Keep that in mind [...]

His general election coordination has been appalling.
His dithering has been costly.
His inexperience has been all too evident.
But could he turn it all around this weekend? From the Telegraph:
George Osborne will unveil an emergency “enterprise” budget within 50 days of a Conservative election victory which will sharply cut taxes for business, it can be disclosed. The [...]

Dear George Osborne,
Last week I wrote a letter to David Cameron expressing my extreme irritation and frustration at the stumbling, confused and downright incompetent campaign that the Conservatives have run thus far.  The only reason that you didn’t get a letter from me yesterday was that Gordon Brown’s bullying allegations took the media by storm.  [...]

Dear readers,
If you have a spare moment today, why not join the hilarious fun over at Comment Is Free.  They have asked (in full anticipation of what would follow, I’m sure) the following question:
What slogan for Labour? – Gordon Brown is set to unveil Labour’s new election slogan this weekend. Can you think of a [...]

“Today Mr Brown will unveil his party’s election slogan. Its ‘themes’ for the campaign include ‘Ensuring the recovery’, ‘Protecting front line services’, ‘Standing up for the many’ and ‘Protecting future jobs and new industries’. I fear that he will not embrace a much-needed spirit of truthfulness and go for ‘Finishing off Britain’, ‘Lying for Labour’, [...]

First Labour stole ‘British Jobs for British Workers’.
Now Labour steal the BNP campaign slogan ‘Operation Fightback’ as their general election branding.
As if that wasn’t comical enough, Labour’s ‘Operation Fightback’ leaflet for Labour candidates explicitly warns Labour activists against asking for support on the basis of Labour’s record in office.  “Labour needs to ensure that the next election [...]

Dear David Cameron,
As a conservative voter approaching a General Election, I would like to think that my confidence in the Conservative Party would be fairly secure by now.  What we have seen over the past few weeks, though, is a painful combination of naivety, incompetence, stupidity and inappropriateness that has dragged the party down in the [...]

First we had this:
Ed Balls reveals his struggle with secret stammer (23rd January 2010) – Schools Secretary Ed Balls spoke last night for the first time about his lifelong struggle to overcome a stammer. He revealed that he faced a daily battle to deliver his words and had to memorise all his speeches because he [...]

Dear readers,
If there is any thought in your mind about voting Labour at the next election, let Ed Miliband’s article for the Observer quash any such rumblings.  Not only is it a blatant pitch for Brown’s favour as well as pumping up his own leadership credentials (well, trying to anyway), it demonstrates why misinformation, ignorance [...]

Dear Eric Pickles,
As you seem to spend most of your time running round the country trying to dampen local political fires such as the row over the ‘Turnip Taliban’, I can’t say for sure how much time you actually dedicate to election planning.  Rumours of a general election in March continue to circulate, yet the Conservatives potentially have a lot [...]

“Whichever party have the strongest mandate from the British people, it seems to me that they have the first right to try and govern, either on their own or with others.”
- Nick Clegg, who has finally made his mind up and declared that he will support whoever is the largest party in the event of [...]

“If we let it go on much longer, it just won’t happen.”
- the verdict of an insider in the negotiations over the proposed TV debates between the main party leaders.  After only a few weeks of negotiations, David Cameron has rejected the idea of a series of debates between all three party leaders, according to [...]

“I hereby launch a new campaign called “If you don’t know – don’t vote”. This gives us all the opportunity to decide whether or not we’re prepared to do the research necessary to produce a worthwhile vote. Those who aren’t can walk away with their heads held high. They don’t know enough to vote wisely, [...]

Dear Daniel Finkelstein,
Talking about Coca-Cola in the context of the future of our economy throughout your Times column this morning was a little ‘outside the box’.  While your logic is reasonably sound in terms of rational political thought, I’m still not sure that you have grasped Gordon Brown’s perspective on an early election.  I am [...]

Dear Michael White,
I haven’t been particularly impressed by the Guardian’s attempt to knock the Conservatives over the past week or so, when all the other broadsheets have been praising their efforts.  Today you showed a little more humility when discussing Gordon Brown’s options over an autumn election.
Well, I say ‘options’ – it sounds as though [...]

Dear Boris Johnson,
Whilst you had a clear theme to your Telegraph article this morning, you also scared the life out of me.  Never before have I seen the word ‘caterpillar’ used in a newspaper when discussing political matters, and your analogy of two giant hairy caterpillars mating has ensured that I will never look at [...]

Dear Steve Richards,
I enjoyed reading your article this morning in the Independent about Gordon Brown’s unexpected and uncomfortable position with regard to an autumn election.  You cleverly drew attention to the problems created by the incessant goading of the Prime Minister about going to the voters in the near future, as all of a sudden he [...]

Dear Polly Toynbee,
As a raving Leftie I’m sure your readers are used to your anti-Conservative rants.  Bizarrely enough, I sensed that you were trying to offer some kind words of advice to the Conservatives in your column this morning, but even when you try to be nice your arguments simply don’t add up due to [...]

Dear Bruce Anderson,
I find it very hard to disagree with your analysis of Gordon Brown’s state of mind with regard to a possible autumn election.  As the title of your article suggests, he has every reason to call an election and yet he still might not take the plunge.
The polls are still behind Brown, albeit [...]