HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith sets the police on an Opposition MP in receipt of non-secret information about immigration leaked by a civil servant subsequently sacked.

Chancellor Alistair Darling gaily leaks out the depressing bits of his Budget prior to its delivery in order to pre-empt public and media reaction.

Nobody’s sacked him – unfortunately.

The hypocrisy of this Government knows no bounds.

Stuart Connell, Heighington, near Darlington.