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 Ken Leavingsoon Leaveinshame,
Sorry for not writing yesterday, but I was far too busy toasting your defeat.  Now that you have been humbled at the polls by this man…

…I can only imagine how hard it must be for you. Let us not forget that the man you told us all was a clown and a [...]

Dear Peter Riddell,
Your words of caution are well-founded.  Anyone who claims to be sure who the next Mayor of London will be is living in a dreamworld, and the local election results are far from certain when you bear in mind the huge gains made by the Conservatives at the last set of elections.
I think [...]

Dear Greater London Assembly,
I’m glad that you have realised the potential for fraud in the postal voting system for the Mayoral elections and are trying to rectify this by training officials to spot fake signatures and votes, but I fear that you are climbing an impossibly steep hill.
Postal voting is so open to fraud that [...]

Dear Paddick, Leavingsoon and Johnson,
It’s been nice to see some weighty policy discussions between you three recently, as I believe there is a lot of work to be done in London and it is good to hear about your plans for taking our capital forward (even if they are a bit pointless sometimes – I’m [...]

Dear Brian Paddick,
Decision time for the Lib Dems has arrived a little earlier than expected.  There are already a few predictions floating around Westminster as to whether the Lib Dems would prefer a Conservative or Labour coalition at the next general election.  Now, thanks to Ken Leavingsoon’s desperate and frail campaign, you are being tempted [...]

Dear Boris Johnson,
In light of the remarks made yesterday about you, I sincerely hope that you can remain calm and collected and resist the temptation to get drawn into the dispicable kind of electioneering that Ken Leavingsoon is throwing at you.  His personal remarks were shocking and distasteful but you cannot afford to retaliate.
The word [...]

Dear Boris Johnson,
I hope yesterday was the start of things to come.  Crime is a serious issue in London and the fear of crime that has gone through the roof under Ken LeavingSoon is making life a misery for many Londoners.
More British Transport police officers is a very sensible suggestion, seeing as people should feel safe [...]

Dear Ken Livingstone,
Nice try, but I don’t think you are seriously going to follow up your complaint about Channel 4’s Dispatches programme.  You can stomp your feet as much as you want, but your disgraceful behaviour has not gone unnoticed.
You were accused of “financial profligacy, cronyism and links to a Trotskyite faction conspiring to transform [...]

Dear Brian Paddick,
I would have thought that after securing your place alongside Boris and Ken in the race to be London Mayor, you might have started to build a campaign based on integrity, credibility, policy and charisma.  Evidently you have decided that this is far too dull and monotonous and will instead go down the [...]