Letters From A Tory

“This is a very serious issue. It’s a breach of a prime ministerial undertaking to Parliament, so it makes the prime minister a liar, basically”

- David Davis, after it was revealed that Home Office and Ministry of Justice officials knew about the police bugging an MP since December which contradicts prime ministerial pledges to protect MPs

Dear David Davis,

I assure you that many other people also have grave concerns about gun crime in this country.  On Christmas Eve, London witnessed yet another horrific shooting that has left a boy fighting for his life.  In a bizarre parallel, this reminds me of the frequent scandals about the government losing our personal data time and time again to the point where we don’t even pay much attention to the latest story, having heard so many similar tales before.

Your view on gun crime is perfectly clear - we need more armed police officers.  I’m not sure how far I agree with this because there are surely less ‘inflammatory’ measures that should be taken, bearing in mind that the police having more guns on the streets may encourage others to do so.  Why does the government continually fail to stop the guns entering the country?  We have lost control of our own borders and the accompanying influx of criminals and increased access to weapons is very disturbing.  Foreign criminals remaining in the country is another related problem that should be addressed simultaneously.

Apologies for the sombre letter during the festive season, but I fear that 2008 will bring even greater loss of life due to gun crime than we have seen this year and one can only hope that the government does something about it for a change.

With season’s greetings,

A.Tory

Dear David Davis,

I find it hard to believe that anyone can view Gordon Brown’s visit to Iraq as anything other than a cynically calculated move to disrupt the Conservative Party’s momentum.  Unfortunately you were one of the biggest losers yesterday.

Liam Fox did his best to put on a brave face when I’m sure he would have quite liked to use a whole range of profanities in his speech about Gordon Brown.  For the Prime Minister and David Miliband to almost completely avoid questions about Iraq at the Labour Party conference and then to use it (albeit disingenuously) as a political scoreboard is one of the most abhorent pieces of media manipulation I have seen in months.  Your policies on immigration would have grabbed quite a few positive headlines and created a solid impression of how serious the Conservatives are about tackling our uncontrollable immigration policy, but I doubt that the message got through judging by today’s papers.  Admittedly, the actions of Gordon Brown can be taken as a compliment that he is so worried about our revival that he is willing to make such a move.

Hopefully you won’t lose heart over this incident, as David Cameron’s speech can still put off an autumn election until next year.  Best wishes to him for his defining moment as leader of the Conservative Party.

Yours truly,

A.Tory