Sir - Mr O Leary (Worcester News 3rd April 2015) is absolutely correct when he states that “Labour has forgotten why it was formed”. What is especially dishonourable is that Labour repeatedly refuses to speak up for those who formed the Party, the trade union movement.

I have noticed many times at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that David Cameron, who thinks attacking unions is good politics, regularly attacks Ed Milliband by accusing him of being "in the pockets" of the unions.

Not once at PMQs have I heard a Labour Prime Minister or opposition leader actually commending membership of a trade union as a good idea. Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and now, Ed Milliband have strained to distance themselves from the trade unions thereby signing up to the Tory anti-union agenda instead of defending them.

At this time of austerity when Ed Milliband makes incomes and the cost of living a central issue, you would have thought that, as the leader of the Labour Party, he might say to workers that they could do worse that join a trade union and fight for better pay.

On the contrary. Labour strategists actually think it helps the party for Milliband and Len McClusky of the Unite union to fall out in order for the Labour leader to demonstrate that he is his 'own man'.

When the Green Party charges the Labour, LibDem, Tory and UKIP parties with being indistinguishable from one another, it hits the nail right on the head.

Peter Nielsen

Worcester