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 John Redwood,
Your rolling coverage of suggested spending cuts on your blog is certainly thought-provoking.  For example, your post yesterday entitled ‘Fewer prisoners, fewer prison places’ had an element of underlying logic.  The idea was simple: let low-level non-violent offenders such as burglars and thieves pay fines instead of sending them to prison.  While this [...]

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 [...]

Dear Prisoner Ben,
You seem to have caused quite a stir in the blogosphere.  According to your site, you have ”wandered through the prison system for 30 years” after pleading guilty to the murder of a friend at the age of 14, and now you have taken up blogging.  Some bloggers such as Jailhouse Lawyer and A Very [...]

Dear Bridget Prentice,
As a Labour MP I suspect that ‘having a spine’ is probably too much to ask, but I’m going to try anyway.  I don’t think for one second that you have much power as the parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, but you should be shouting from the rooftops about [...]

Dear Jack Straw,
I don’t think you quite understand what you are dealing with here.  After Jacqui Smith lit the touchpaper at the command of Uncle Gordon with regard to police officers’ pay, it is astonishing to think that you are planning to resolve the crisis by banning prison officers from striking.
To arrogantly announce that “we [...]