Sentences with phrase «leadership election pledge»

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It was a pledge originally made in his leadership election campaign at a time when his victory over rival David Davis was far from certain.

[68] Shortly after the 2015 General Election, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb conceded that Clegg's broken pledge on university tuition had cost the party dear.

To the bemusement of their own party, the Tory leadership will go into the election accepting Labour's spending plans, proposing that 45 % of GDP is taken in tax, and pledging a tax increase to match every tax cut.

Though they had pledged to be a separate faction, they did form a leadership coalition with the Republicans after the 2012 elections.

As the fall out from last week's tuition fee vote continued, Tim Farron, the Lib Dem president and possible future leadership challenger, raised eyebrows by claiming a pledge to abolish the fees in some form could still feature in his party's next election manifesto.

«As the new leader of our great party and the NDC's Presidential Candidate for the 2012 elections, it is my pledge to provide the needed leadership to ensure that citizens» voices matter in decision - making», President Mahama stated.

Throughout his run for the White House and after his election, President Obama pledged to restore the United States to a position of leadership in global talks aimed at a new treaty cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.