theme of the day!

i noticed that andy burnham and lord adonis (crazy name, crazy guy) both are suggesting that there be cross-party consensus over the "death tax" and high speed rail link between london and birmingham and that these issues are

"Above politics"

is this the new approach by labour - define any of their policies as "above politics" so that they can then criticise the tories from some sort of moral high ground (okay, in their own little worlds) when they inevitably disagree or question.

weak.