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 readers,
One of the unfortunate consequences of being a political nerd like myself is that sometimes you see things that other people don’t see.  I suspect that many people switching on the TV to watch keynote speeches at party conferences or watching the highlights on the news don’t realise how much preparation, planning and discussions go into these speeches [...]

Remember the furore about delegates at the Conservative Party conference being offered a discount at the local lapdancing club?  Here’s a picture of the club in question, which was right next to the main conference venue in Birmingham:

Quick recap on five predictions, now that conference is over:
1. The press will spend their entire time trying to make a big story out of something minor – Well they tried it in the Sunday papers before conference with a complete non-story about a Conservative PPC’s grumpy ex-girlfriend, but apart from that the press were [...]

Dear readers,
I’m having a brief break from blogging as I will be attending the Conservative Party conference for the first time ever.  Not sure what it will be like, although I’ve been told to expect lots of sausage rolls and warm wine.  Anyway, here are my five predictions for the next few days:
1. The press [...]

Ruth Kelly said: “It’s been a tremendous privilege to have worked with both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, two towering figures in the Labour Party, government and on the world stage. But, as well as a frontline politician, I’m also proud to be a mother and a wife. To have been able to hold these [...]

Dear Simon Heffer,
Normally you are a little too crude for my tastes, but today I think you have hit the mark quite beautifully in your article for the Telegraph.  Like you, I sat through Gordon Brown’s speech yesterday and wondered what on earth was going on.  I don’t think I’ve ever heard somebody talk so much [...]

Dear David Miliband,
You just don’t stop, do you.  After the PR catastrophe of your article in the Guardian a while back, I would have thought that you’d play it safe and praise Gordon Brown to the heavens in your speech to the Labour Party conference yesterday.  I was wrong.  You had planted so many covert [...]

Dear Nick Clegg,
You twat.  I mean, honestly.  Your whole conference has commanded a token amount of media attention and it’s only political geeks like myself who have bothered to try and find out what has been happening – and what a waste of time that was.  Your final speech yesterday was a dire finale to [...]