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 libertarians,
Seeing as Parliament is on leave for a couple of weeks, I’ve got the chance to pick up on a curious story that might grab your attention.  Apparently, a new scheme to clamp down on benefit fraudsters is ‘under consideration’ for the Labour manifesto.  While this is hardly news in itself, I thought it [...]

Dear Libertarian Alliance,
The description that you give for yourselves as ”the radical free market and civil liberties think tank and pressure group” sounds relatively harmless, but in my humble opinion it might need changing as it doesn’t quite convey your utter stupidity to the outside world.  Yesterday, you sent out a press release calling on the [...]

Dear libertarians,
Every so often a story comes along that beautifully clarifies why I will never support libertarianism.  The death of Baby P was one such story, and a couple of days ago another of these pivotal stories reared its head, as a young mother who was judged too stupid to care for her own baby has [...]

Dear Professor Le Grand,
As an architect of some novel policies in the past, perhaps I shouldn’t be too surprised at your latest offering.  Your plan is to make couples who have children outside wedlock become automatically married by the State, even in the absence of a ceremony or taking any vows.  I know that you like [...]

Dear libertarians,
Regular readers of my blog will know that once in a while I stumble across a story which I think strikes at the heart of libertarian values.  Like many other Conservatives (big and small ‘c’) I want the state to play a much smaller role in our lives than it does now, but I [...]

Dear Alistair Darling,
Watching you and the other major world finance ministers struggle to agree on the agenda, let alone any solutions, for the G20 summit next month is truly hilarious.  Gordon Brown has pinned all his hopes on kidding himself and voters that this summit will somehow signal the end of the economic crisis and [...]