Sentence examples for commitment to a referendum from inspiring English sources

Take for example Labour's commitment to a referendum on reform of the electoral system.

He has said consistently that he is happy to strengthen his commitment to a referendum.

When Jenkins resigned as shadow chancellor over Labour's commitment to a referendum on Europe, Healey replaced him.

Labour should have long ago fulfilled its 1997 manifesto commitment to a referendum on the electoral system.

"If I put a commitment to a referendum in any future SNP manifesto, people have to vote for that manifesto, so I can't do that lightly.

The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, said a commitment to a referendum now would be a massive gamble and a diversion from the economic crisis.

But since the delay in Brexit day is infinitely extensible and EU leaders are virtually certain to grant extra time were a commitment to a second referendum be made, the deadline for opting for that solution to the Brexit conundrum is still more than six months away.

Furthermore, in a development of great potential significance, British prime minister Gordon Brown in his closing speech to the Labor Party annual conference last month made a full-fledged commitment to a national referendum on instant runoff voting (called "the alternative vote" in the United Kingdom) for future elections to the House of Commons.

Labour has said a commitment to hold a referendum at a future date would cause uncertainty, telling international investors that the UK was "closed for business".

But victory meant Cameron now had to fulfil his manifesto commitment to an EU referendum, following a renegotiation of membership terms.

Nichol Stephen, the Scots Lib Dem leader, has also said he could work with the SNP but only if it drops its commitment to an independence referendum.