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.

“Afterwards they would say that nothing so became his leadership as the leaving of it. He would become something of a hero. The British detest their politicians until they are powerless, when the most unexpected previous figures of fun and hate turn overnight into national treasures. So it would be with Gordon Brown: the man [...]

“Which polls can Labour MPs bear to look at this weekend? Liquidation looks likely as MPs go home to commiserate with their local fallen councillors, and the Lib Dems overtake Labour. As the party surveys a near Labourless ­landscape, MPs must ask themselves if anything could be worse than this.”
- Polly Toynbee in today’s Guardian [...]

Dear Polly Toynbee,
After your recent run of articles denouncing Gordon Brown and signalling the end of the Labour Party, your attempt to ‘play the victim’ this morning in the Guardian left a lot to be desired.  It seems that you are concerned by the comments being made about you, and I agree that political namecalling [...]

Dear Polly Toynbee,
To give your article the title of “Cardiac arrest in Glasgow” provides an appropriately gloomy feel to your piece in the Guardian today.  Labour are not extinct as the SNP would have us believe, but there are in a critical condition and need to be resuscitated.  Of course, you can’t resist the odd [...]

“Bankrupt financially, and bereft of ideas, it is skidding towards near oblivion for a very long time. And it is a horrible spectacle to watch”
- Polly Toynbee

Dear Polly Toynbee,
I almost fell off my chair this morning when I agreed with several consecutive paragraphs of your article in the Guardian today.  Like many other people with a brain, soul and conscience, I often find your leftist politics extremely hard to swallow.  However, you might be onto something with some of your comments [...]

Dear Polly Toynbee,
As a raving Leftie I’m sure your readers are used to your anti-Conservative rants.  Bizarrely enough, I sensed that you were trying to offer some kind words of advice to the Conservatives in your column this morning, but even when you try to be nice your arguments simply don’t add up due to [...]