Sentences with phrase «election pledge»

The ability for politicians to dramatically change public opinion just by making election pledges has therefore reduced.

Other incumbents may be ousted in the November General Elections as voters express their displeasure with wrongdoing and legislators who go back on key election pledges.

The Conservatives should go into the general election pledging a partial decriminalisation of drugs, an influential Tory group has suggested.

Mark Reckless MP says the Tory party has «broken its word» on election pledges, as he forces a by - election.

[132] The Daily Mail and Daily Express praised Theresa May for election pledges that were condemned when proposed by Labour in previous elections.

Theresa May has said competition among the Big Six is not working as she denied borrowing the Conservative election pledge from Ed Miliband.

Vote Leave responded to the claims by accusing Osborne of threatening to break key Tory election pledges.

Mr Cameron cited fiscal responsibility, welfare and pension reform, corporation tax cuts and government provisions to help with the rising cost - of - living as election pledges that were being fulfilled.

Previous Labour election pledges to freeze or cut rail fares were strongly opposed by the Conservatives, with current Tory campaign chief Lynton Crosby running Boris Johnson's campaign against Ken Livingstone's plans to do so in London.

Modi, who stormed to power at May elections pledging to reform the economy, said he was determined to meet the energy needs of India, which suffers regular blackouts and is heavily reliant on polluting coal to produce electricity.

But he told Ukip activists that too many election pledges had been broken during the course of the parliament.

The SNP win another outright majority in the Scottish Parliament in the Holyrood elections of May 2016, with another referendum as the party's top election pledge.

The deputy prime minister told David Cameron that the Conservatives needed to be seen kicking Tory supporters where it hurts if only to demonstrate that the coalition partners are «in this together» when it comes to busting election pledges.

It is suddenly reforming Britain's best - loved institution with no democratic mandate at all: no pre election pledge, no coalition agreement.

The Tory party had «broken its word» on several election pledges, said the Kent MP who has left the Conservatives for UKIP.

Banks claims the SNP have «failed miserably» by breaking every single one of their major election pledges; Ewing says voters will be impressed by the SNP's «excellent record».

His big election pledge to build a new fleet of «Routemaster - style buses» was achieved, although the buses are now notorious among Londoners for the faulty air conditioning and stifling temperatures inside.

I happen very much to agree with Wheeler: Cameron lied big time over his EPP Leadership Election pledge; he oversaw an absolutely appaling stitch - up over candidate re-selection and the work done against Daniel Hannan is something to behold.

«Boris is today honouring an important election pledge to let local people decide on the future of the Western Extension of the congestion charge.

What is needed is a radical socialist party standing for Westminster elections pledging to abolish the Westminster Union and replace it with a federation of sovereign British nations.

Chief executive Pam Tatlow said: «The Liberal Democrats made a clear election pledge that tuition fees for full - time and part - time students would be abolished.

Ed Miliband, pictured arriving in Manchester ahead of the manifesto launch, will today pledge to cut the deficit every year if Labour wins the election

The Government has been accused of playing politics with the issue in order to protect Mr Clegg from criticism that he had dropped a second key election pledge following his backing for a rise in university tuition fees.

In order to meet election pledges on tax, Margaret Thatcher, as Education Secretary under Edward Heath's government, was branded as the Milk Snatcher following the removal of free school milk for over seven year olds — which was earmarked as saving # 9 million a year.

Much more needs to be done, but there has been some recent movement from the New South Wales Government, which before last month's state election pledged $ 2.3 million to what will be Australia's first dedicated centre for diagnosis and treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

The Conservatives should go into the general election pledging a partial decriminalisation of drugs, an influential Tory group suggests

The flagship Conservative election pledge to open a further 500 free schools in England is being put into practice, with applications invited for new schools.

Factors contributing to the Labour victory were a strong economy and falling unemployment, as well as that Labour was seen as having delivered on many key election pledges that it had made in 1997.

The Liberal Democrats, led by Tim Farron, agreed to put Mr Miliband into Downing Street in protest at a Tory election pledge to replace the Human Rights Act.

«(He announced that) if elected, he would keep his election pledge and double foreign aid.

Rudd's $ 43bn fast web gamble The global recession has forced Kevin Rudd to scrap plans for a high - speed national broadband network funded by the private sector and wager at least $ 21.9 billion of taxpayers» money to fund his election pledge to bring internet speeds into the 21st century.

Construction stocks and autos were also higher as investors see President Donald Trump implementing his election pledges.

India's Bihar state readies alcohol ban Bihar is the latest state in India that will ban the consumption of alcohol, fulfilling an election pledge by the state's Chief Minister.

That Sunday, in a car park in Hastings, Miliband unveiled an 8ft 6in slab of limestone, into which had been carved Labour's six election pledges.

Nick Clegg's apology about breaking his 2010 election pledge to scrap tuition fees may not have the effect he hopes for — what with students who are the first to be hit with the trebled # 9000 tuition fees starting fresher's week.

Labour's election pledge is its most symbolically powerful break with the economics of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - but will it save money?

Crucially, the Tory and Liberal Democrat power - sharing pact has shown conclusively that election pledges may come and go, but personality endures.

The problem for the Lib Dems is the betrayal of their election pledge.

Vince Cable resorted to a motoring metaphor to justify tearing up his party's election pledges on student tuition fees.

With a coalition on the cards again for the next government, a capacity to compromise on, and in some cases jettison, manifesto and election pledges will play an important role in any negotiations.

The incident took place at the Great Thurlow hunt following days of speculation about whether Theresa May will abandon her general election pledge to grant MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the UK's largest shooting organisation with a membership of over 140,000, has warned that the Green's election pledges have not been thought through and would devastate the British countryside.

He muddled up his years outlining when Labour would clear the deficit and was sidetracked into a debate about Labour's election pledge to raise national insurance contributions.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has named the Labour Party's five key election pledges and said keeping the country on the «road to recovery» is central to his strategy, as Gary Gibbon reports.

People who travelled from across the country in May should feel proud; Edward has more than fulfilled his election pledges: weekly surgeries spread around the constituency, a report - back newspaper, regular column in the local press and a willingness to help anyone is the hallmark of this new Conservative MP.

«David Cameron's official spokesman warned yesterday that pensioner benefits such as the winter fuel allowance are facing cuts — undermining the Prime Minister's election pledge to preserve the handouts.

But he made clear both that the free movement of Labour and people would come to an end, and that Labour would not fight an election pledging to overturn the result.