‘I promise I will not let you down’

IN A sometimes emotional address, Gordon Brown promised action on gun crime, under-age and binge drinking and superbugs in the NHS.

He also fleshed out details of the government’s 10-year education plan, promising one-to-one tuition for problem children and help for the poorest youngsters through school, university and college.

He pointedly refused to indulge in routine knockabout abuse of his political opponents — refraining from even mentioning the Tories or Liberal Democrats.