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 Lord Mandelson,
After being heralded by Gordon Brown as a powerful figure in European circles when you returned to the Cabinet, one would expect you to be able to successfully negotiate with other EU countries when it came to industrial matters.  Unfortunately for you and the British car industry, it looks like you have seriously [...]

“We have no idea how much of that stores will pass on to customers. Are you really going to buy a DVD player because it now costs £39.10 instead of £39.90? All this will do is raise Britain’s debt to a level that will take a whole generation to work off. …The same people who [...]

Dear Angela Merkel,
Even though I am deeply suspicious of anyone who supports a Federalist European state, I take my hat off to you for the manner in which you have gone about resurrecting the struggling German economy.  Recession has already tightened its grip on your nation and it may get worse still, yet you have [...]