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.

“This makes MPs into petty accounting clerks”
- Labour backbencher Eric Illsley, who says that MPs should not have to submit receipts for their expenses claims

“Honesty doesn’t pay in this system and the temptations are great. No-one knows who is cheating and who is not, and it is a disgrace that the Parliament has voted to keep auditors’ reports secret.”
- Chris Davies, Lib Dem MEP, reacting to the news that a leaked report has shown members of the European Parliament are [...]

Dear Den Dover,
At long last, you have been given the punishment that you should deserved five months ago.  Giles Chichester, John Purvis, Sir Robert Atkins and yourself are crooked and disloyal in the extreme, as I pointed out when I wrote to you all back in June 2008.  Now that it has been established by the [...]

Dear Gary Titley,
As leader of the Labour MEPs you managed to have your two-cents worth of publicity after David Cameron released his proposals to overhaul the rules for Conservative MEP expenses.  You were presumably a little smug that “after eight years, the Tory Party has caught up with the Labour MEPs’ regime for dealing with [...]

Dear crooked Conservative MEPs,
I simply cannot believe what I am reading.  You really don’t get it, do you.  When faced with a barrage of evidence showing how immorally you have acted, your reactions have been extremely disappointing.  Your resignations should have been handed in the second that you were caught, but instead you have decided [...]

Dear Giles Chichester,
As I’m sure you have noticed, the Conservative Party has clearly benefited from the demise of the Labour government.  However, in order to make themselves electable, the Conservatives must do two things: 1. Release a sensible and affordable set of policies over the next two years; 2. Not do anything really stupid.  While [...]