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.

It is a haunting picture, given that this man has now been executed by the Chinese government.  What I find hard to escape, though, is the painful reality that this case presented to both the Chinese authorities and the UK government regarding Akmal Shaikh’s ‘mental illness’.
Akmal Shaikh was executed after being convicted of drug smuggling [...]

“If as a result of the current economic situation the only way to help hard-pressed middle-class families is to ask the higher earners to pay more, then serious consideration should be given to that”
- Ivan Lewis, Health Minister, outlining one of his solutions to ‘boost morale’ in the economy as he heralded a return to socialism [...]