If statement syntax error on python. Very simple, code but nothing seems to solve it [on hold]

I was working on this basic code for an encoder and decoder. I got a few lines in and tried to test it,

Type=(str(input('Would you like to Encode or Decode a message? Type E or D.'))
if Type.title[0] == ('E'):
    PlainText=input('Please type a message')
    Length=PlainText.len
    print (Length)

but it came back as a syntax error and highlighted the colon after the if statement.

if Type.title[0] == ('E'):

I have tried changing all sorts of things but nothing seems to fix it. I am probably being very stupid and not spotting something.