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.

“I check the breasts of my workers on my own”
- a Polish hospital’s breast cancer prevention slogan, which Polish feminists have objected to as they say it encourages workplace harassment, according to the Gazeta Wyborcza website.  The slogan was devised by a cancer hospital in the southern town of Opole and aimed at convincing employers to encourage their female workers to [...]

“Plane ticket to England – £70.  Accommodation - £56. Abortion in a public clinic – £0.  Relief after a procedure carried out in decent conditions – priceless.”
- the Mastercard-mimicking advert from a feminist organisation in Poland, who have been accused of promoting ‘abortion tourism’ by encouraging women to travel to Britain to have terminations on the NHS.  [...]

Dear Donald Tusk,
As Prime Minister of Poland you probably aren’t used to causing a stir in the British media but the recent passing of a law making it compulsory for paedophiles convicted of raping children under the age of 15 years or a close relative to undergo chemical castration on their release from prison has done [...]

IN THE RED CORNER: A row has been sparked by a short video clip available online dated July 2000, in which Michal Kaminski (pictured above), leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists and a member of Poland’s Law and Justice Party, uses the word “pedal” to refer to gay rights campaigners in a TV interview. This [...]

Dear Steve Williams,
As a British ambassador to a foreign country, I would have thought that you would understand the importance of tact, restraint and diplomacy.  I was wrong.  You have now become the second ambassador within a week to invoke international condemnation for your support for gay rights marches in other countries, and I am absolutely [...]