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.

From the BBC:
Hazel Blears will face a motion of no confidence next week at a meeting of her constituency Labour Party.  Her decision to quit as communities secretary, on the eve of the English council and European elections last week, has been widely criticised. She has told the Manchester Evening News she regretted the timing [...]

Dear Gordon,
We both love the Labour party. I have worked for it for 20 years and you for far longer. We know we owe it everything and it owes us nothing.
I owe it to our party to say what I believe no matter how hard that may be. I now believe your continued leadership makes [...]

Dear Hazel Blears,
As your chipmunky face is splashed all over the papers this morning, I thought that I would offer you some friendly words of advice.  I have no doubt that a possible leadership challenge has crossed your mind.  Nevertheless, on the evidence of several pieces of news that I stumbled across yesterday, you might [...]

“When they say they are going to change their lives now and spend more time with their families, that’s not a code for jumping ship.”
- Harriet Harman, speaking earlier today on yesterday’s departures of Jacqui Smith, Beverley Hughes, Patricia Hewitt and Tom Watson.  Shortly after this interview was posted on the BBC website, Hazel Blears [...]

Hazel Blears’s article in the Observer this morning:
“When Gordon Brown leads Labour into the next general election, our campaign must rest on three pillars: we need to fight on a platform of practical policy, not personalities; once we have a solid offer, we need to sell it in plain words, directly to the voters; and [...]

Dear Hazel Blears,
Seeing as you are the only Labour Cabinet member speaking openly about the threat of the BNP, I thought I would give you a short lesson this morning in one of the main reasons why the BNP are becoming a more formidable foe.  At the end of last year, you caused a stir [...]

“She combines the blind optimism of Saddam Hussein’s information minister with Heather Mills McCartney’s ability to irritate”
- Conservative MP Richard Benyon on Hazel Blears

Dear Hazel Blears,
What on earth are you doing?  I find it impossible to understand whether this was sheer stupidity or malicious scaremongering on your part, or both.  For you to go on the record in a speech to the Hansard Society yesterday saying that political blogs are creating “a culture of cynicism and despair” is [...]

Dear readers,
Sorry for the lack of proper posting.  Today was promising to be a fantastic day for this blog, as I was going to reveal exclusive news about David Davis’ by-election campaign and also reveal some highly sensitive information about Labour ministers’ private lives, but unfortunately I left all my notes on Hazel Blears’s computer.

Dear Hazel Blears,
It looks as though your proposals for helping local authorities to create cohesive communities have finally got the go-ahead.  Reducing the amount of translation work that local councils have to provide for immigrants and encouraging them to learn English is the correct move and should benefit everyone in the long run.   How you [...]