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 George Bush,
Watching your last ever press conference as President was [...]

“Now look, I know you might be a little tincy wincy bit upset with Labour and the whole Iraq war and weapons of mass destruction thing……”

I don’t know about you but I thoroughly enjoyed watching journalist Durgham Zaidi lob both his shoes at George W Bush during his swansong press conference in Iraq.  If this incident brought a smile to your face as well, perhaps you would like to HAVE A GO YOURSELF?

Dear Barack Obama,
The last 24 hours must have given you a nice warm fuzzy feeling, having got the better of John McCain on two occasions.  In my opinion, the military and international relations are two areas where McCain must be desperate to score points over you due to his experience in this area, but it [...]

George Bush says: “…this is a fight Americans must win. Because we acted, the world is better and the United States of America is safer.”
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Dear Des Browne,
I know that you saw it – for a fleeting moment, the withdrawal of British troops from Basra after four and a half years gave you the chance to hope that the grass may be greener.  From what I read this morning, it seems that what you have left behind could turn out [...]

Dear Gordon Brown,
I thought you’d learned your lesson.  My mistake.  Having claimed to mark the beginning of a new era of spin-free politics, and then be caught spinning so spectacularly, I assumed that you wouldn’t be stupid enough to try it again.
Using people’s lives as a means of scoring political points is fairly disgusting behaviour for a [...]

Dear Simon Jenkins,
Congratulations on a superb piece in The Sunday Times.  A lot has been said and continues to be said about the war in Iraq, but your article was a very calm and collected evaluation of the ‘options’ left for America.  I very much agree with your belief that no comparisons can be drawn between Iraq and [...]

Dear Patrick Cockburn,
The complicated nature of the war in Iraq is not something that can be dealt with in a blog post.  Even so, I was unimpressed by your article in today’s Independent on the ‘withdrawal’ of British troops from Basra.  Your article seemed to focus on the negative aspects of our involvement in Iraq, and [...]