Ed Pledges to harvest your email addresses?

Can someone, anyone, explain exactly what the pledge is on Ed Miliband's site edspledge.com besides being a vehicle for banal Twittering and the harvetsing of email addresses by the Labour Party?


From what I can figure out, Ed Miliband is pledging to try and get a deal at a summit. Isn't getting a deal the whole point of a summit anyway?

It's a bit like saying "I'm going to sleep, I pledge to wake up, please give me your name, postcode and email address to show your support for my pledge".