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.

“This is desperate stuff from the Tories, who continue to scrabble around trying to find a coherent economic policy.  There is no way they can get 350,000 new jobs out of these proposals. There are too many restrictions being applied, the incentive is too small and many of these ‘new’ jobs will simply displace other [...]

Dear Tony McNulty,
As a Home Office minister I can imagine that you are pretty nervous right now.  The vote at 6pm tonight on 42-day detention is going to be very close and I think everyone from all political parties knows that the ramifications of this vote go way beyond the confines of a simple Commons [...]

Dear Tony McNulty,
As Police Minister you have found yourself in a tight spot this morning.  as the National Black Police Association calls for more stop and searches for ethnic minorities.
I’m sure your first instinct as a Labour minister is to pretend that you care about equality and try to appeal to voters by not looking [...]