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 John Bercow,
As reported yesterday in the papers, the final recommendations of the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation were announced.  Rather than shout and yell at what I read in the papers, I thought I would do the honourable thing and read through your recommendations myself to ensure that there was no misunderstanding or misinterpretation.  Unfortunately, [...]

“I cannot think of a single year in the recent history of Parliament when more damage has been done to it than this year, with the possible exception of when Nazi bombs fell on the chamber in 1941″
- Commons Speaker John Bercow

Dear John Bercow,
Now that your wife is making headlines for all the wrong reasons, it is clear that you’re feeling a bit left out so you’ve decided to start making headlines for the wrong reasons too.  Your latest wheeze is to force political parties to declare how many women, ethnic minority and disabled applicants they reject as [...]

“Only in a place as mad as Westminster can MPs make fat profits playing the property market with taxpayers’ money and get away with it.”
- Nick Clegg, responding to the letter he received from the Speaker John Bercow in which Bercow turned down his request to widen the scope of the audit of MPs expenses amid concerns [...]

Dear John Bercow,
It’s not proving to be an easy ride, is it?  First you get caught refurbishing your grace-and-favour Westminster apartment at a cost of £20,000, including more than £7,000 on a “sofa suite”, and now plans have emerged to use taxpayers’ money to subsidise emergency childcare for MPs.  You certainly aren’t going about your business quietly….
According [...]