Sentence examples for on a manifesto commitment from inspiring English sources

The Conservatives were elected on a manifesto commitment to "scrap the Human Rights Act and curtail the role of the European court of human rights".

Peter Mandelson correctly reminds us that this government was "elected on a manifesto commitment to preserve Royal Mail in public ownership" (The postal priority, 26 February).

The government was "elected with a clear majority on a manifesto commitment to move the NHS to a full seven-day service".

At the last general election, the Liberal Democrats stood on a manifesto commitment to "commission services for local people from a range of providers on the basis of a level playing field".

"We don't want a running commentary, but we do want parliament at least to debate those terms – notably, of course, whether we're going to stay a member of the single market, something that every Conservative member of parliament was elected on a manifesto commitment to remain in, in fact to grow," she said.

But how do you get out of a manifesto commitment and disguise an embarrassing U-turn?

The ID cards legislation will be a high-profile test of whether Labour has really learned the lesson of the voters' verdict on May 5. On one level, the bill is a manifesto commitment which the government feels empowered to drive through parliament.

No, the curbs on the blood sport implemented a manifesto commitment for which middle England had voted.

Despite the government's official public backing for onshore wind, the senior Tory said Cameron was coming under pressure to make a manifesto commitment on wind energy from some within his party.

"In the face of such high obesity rates, with such significant implications for the life chances of a generation, it is right that tackling obesity, particularly in children, is one of this Government's major priorities, and we showed the priority we place on the issue by making it a manifesto commitment.

Rusi's findings are likely to increase the pressure on the prime minister from Conservative MPs who want a manifesto commitment to maintain the Nato target.