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 Alistair Darling,
After Gordon Brown was humiliated on the international stage over his unexpected proposal for a so-called Tobin tax on the financial sector, it falls to you to try and convince us that everyone still loves his idea.  Unfortunately, as with every announcement on cracking down on tax havens, rogue bankers, greed, excessive bonuses [...]

Dear Timothy Geithner,
With pressure gradually increasing on Barack Obama’s handling of the financial crisis, your testimony to the US House Committee yesterday was another chance for his administration to set out your stall.  You outlined a number of strategies to strengthen the US government’s oversight of your domestic financial system, some of which sounds fairly sensible and some of which [...]