Miliband says he won’t stand again if he fails to cut tuition fees

Ed Miliband has been faced mockery for his “carved in stone” pledges this morning – but it seems he’s deadly serious about the pledges he’s made – so much so he’s just told an audience in Worcester that he won’t stand again if he fails to cut tuition fees as PM and that “I expect to be held to account on all six of Labour’s pledges”:

“I will cut tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000. And I tell you this, if I fail in this task, I won’t be standing here again in 2020 making more promises. I won’t be standing for the office of Prime Minister at all. Because there should be consequences when people’s trust is let down. Because there should be consequences when young people have their trust betrayed. Because I am determined to restore people’s faith, young people’s faith, in politics.”

If you want to keep yourself honest, there are worse ways to do so that by putting a millstone around your neck…