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.

“For the state to decide that feminist porn is art but ‘regular’ porn is reprehensible is little more than paternalistic moralising.”
- Beatrice Fredriksson, a founder of Sweden’s Anti-Feminist Initiative and a member of the country’s ruling Moderate Party, who has accused the Swedish government of abusing of taxpayers’ money after it helped to fund the production of [...]

Dear readers,
I stumbled across a page on the BBC website that provides some much-needed perspective on the oh-my-god-will-it-ever-end MP expenses stories.  They looked at the pay and expenses of MPs across five European countries and, while some of them (Italy, not surprisingly) had rather more generous offerings than our beloved Parliament, it was Sweden that [...]

“We want them to register their activity as a business – it’s still taxable, even if it’s a hobby.”
- Dag Hardyson, a tax official in Sweden, discussing the authorities’ decision to examine websites that feature Swedish strippers in an effort to identify them and make them pay tax on their earnings.  The lost tax revenue is [...]