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 Alan Campbell,
As Home Office Minister, Alan Johnson will no doubt steal anything important that you might want to say and all you get left with are the issues that he doesn’t want to get involved in – and lapdancing appears to fall into this category.  You have announced that new powers to crack down [...]

“Lap dancing clubs are a form of commercial sexual exploitation and fuel sexist attitudes towards women. Their use in a work context discriminates against female employees and undermines women’s status at work.”
- Kat Banyard, from the Fawcett Society, as they released a report claiming that lap dancing has become a routine part of many British workplaces, [...]

“We want them to register their activity as a business – it’s still taxable, even if it’s a hobby.”
- Dag Hardyson, a tax official in Sweden, discussing the authorities’ decision to examine websites that feature Swedish strippers in an effort to identify them and make them pay tax on their earnings.  The lost tax revenue is [...]

Dear Sandrine Leveque,
After your disgracefully stereotyped attack on lapdancing clubs last month, someone thought it was appropriate to subject the House of Commons culture, media and sports select committee to the nonsense that you spout.  It is clear that you have no interest in being objective about lapdancing clubs or similar establishments, and the evidence [...]

Dear Sandrine Leveque,
Please don’t get the wrong impression – the fact that I wrote posts about prostitution and lapdancing yesterday and now lapdancing again today is not usual for this blog, but your scaremongering about lapdancing clubs irritated me too much for me not to send you a letter about it.  Your official role is ”advocacy officer at [...]