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 Harriet Harman,
I fear that with the impending electoral doom that faces the Labour Party, you may be losing sight of your beloved equality agenda.  Yesterday’s coverage of the latest unemployment statistics focused on the disastrous figures for youth unemployment and the slower rate of growth in overall unemployment, but I’m concerned that you missed [...]

“Press rumour has it that Trevor Phillips threatened to join the Tories and accuse Harman of antipathy to black men. I don’t know if any of that is true. It is clear though that, without Mandelson back in power, Phillips would be out. A political choice was made for a job that should be apolitical. So [...]

Dear Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,
Oh dear.  I know that the latest unemployment figures showing that it has passed 2 million stole the headlines yesterday, but you should be extremely grateful for this.  I wrote to you back in January of this year to explain why your assertion that women were being discriminated against because they were losing [...]

Dear Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,
More often than not, I let your opinions on many issues just pass me by because your analysis is so wide of the mark that I don’t even know where to start.  Today we see yet another example of how you (and the likes of Harriet Harman) have manipulated government statistics – in this case, [...]