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 Andy Burnham,

I am getting sick and tired of this.  Talk about a lack of vision and originality – your interview in the Telegraph has made it perfectly clear that Labour are about to steal yet another Conservative policy.

After the backlash against Alistair Darling’s policy theft, I thought I was on fairly safe ground by assuming that Labour had learnt their lesson about how the electorate views such behaviour.  To read this morning that despite many objections within Labour Party you will now press ahead with changing the tax system in favour of married couples is astonishing.  It alarms me how the tax system penalises married couples in many instances and I’m glad that you’ve finally seen sense, but it’s got to the point where the Conservatives announce any policy they like, set the agenda, and along come Labour within a fortnight and just openly grab the policy and present it as their own.  The government is treading water and you know it.

Yours in disbelief,

A.Tory