Editing Election promise (section)

=== Examples of broken promises ===
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*The [[Liberal Party (UK)|British Liberal Party]]'s pledge to cut army spending, before embarking on the [[HMS Dreadnought (1906)|Dreadnought]] [[arms race]] with [[Germany]].
*The [[British Labour Party]]'s 1945 pledge to set up a new ministry of housing.
*[[Australia]]n Prime Minister [[Bob Hawke]], in 1987, said that "by 1990 no Australian child will be living in poverty"
*[[George H. W. Bush]] promised not to raise taxes while president during his [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 campaign]]. This was best remembered in a speech at the Republican National Convention when he said "Congress will push and push...and I'll say [[Read my lips: no new taxes]]".<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sOkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1182%2C1989963 How Headline Writers Read Bush's Lips], Reading Eagle, July 5, 1990, p.9.</ref> After a recession began during his term and the deficit widened, Bush agreed to proposals to increase taxes. Although not the only broken promise concerning taxes, it was by far the most famous.
*In 1994, upon entering [[Politics of Italy|Italian politics]], media tycoon [[Silvio Berlusconi]] promised that he would sell his assets in [[Fininvest]] (later [[Mediaset]]), because of the [[conflict of interest]] it would have generated, a promise he repeated a number of times in later years, but after 12 years and having served three terms as [[Prime Minister of Italy|prime minister]], he still retained ownership of his company that controls virtually all the Italian private TV stations and a large number of magazines and publishing houses, which have extensively been used in favour of his political party.
*[[Australia]]n Prime Minister [[John Howard]] in 1995 that the [[Goods and Services Tax (Australia)|GST]] would "never ever"<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/howards-a-lesson-for-second-coming/story-e6frg7ex-1111117342505 John Howard's a lesson for second coming], The Australian, August 30, 2008.</ref> be part of [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] policy (the tax package was not implemented that term but was put to the Australian people at the next election in 1998 that re-elected Howard)
*During the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 U.S. Presidential election]] campaign, [[George W. Bush]] said, "If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. And I'm going to prevent that."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113035155/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=January 13, 2004| author=Rebecca Leung| title=Bush Sought 'Way' To Invade Iraq?, O'Neill Tells '60 Minutes' Iraq Was 'Topic A' 8 Months Before 9-11| work=CBS News| date=January 9, 2004}}</ref>
*In Ireland, [[Fianna Fáil]]'s 2002 election promise to "permanently end all hospital waiting lists" by 2004 and to "create a world class health service" through reform and expanding healthcare coverage with "200,000 extra medical cards".<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.oocities.org/socialistparty/paperarticles/Nov02-AntiCuts.htm| title = Campaign against McCreevy's Cuts}} </ref>
*When asked about the issue of [[carbon tax]]ation, [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Julia Gillard]] responded by saying "There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead. What we will do is we will tackle the challenge of climate change."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EyW7oFk6n8 | title=Julia Gillard did not lie about Carbon Tax (There is No Carbon Tax in Australia) | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/sunday-age-publishes-fake-quote-excusing-gillards-lie/news-story/cc988acbbeeece092e62750aff2d14bb|title = Sunday Age publishes fake quote excusing Gillard's lie|date = 30 June 2013}}</ref> In February 2011, Gillard then announced a [[carbon price|carbon pricing]] mechanism in order to secure a minority government. This has been construed by some as being a broken promise, with debate centering on whether or not a fixed price leading into a trading scheme can be called a 'tax'.
*Before the [[2011 Irish general election]], the then Labour Party leader [[Eamon Gilmore]] infamously said "[[Frankfurt's Way or Labour's Way]]" in reference to the EU/IMF deal. After being elected to power the party went on to accept the deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/fionnan-sheahan/fionnan-sheahan-looks-like-its-going-to-be-frankfurts-way-after-all-26718653.html|title=Fionnán Sheahan|date=April 2011 }}</ref>
*Former U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] vowed repeatedly during the 2008 election to close the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] in Cuba, but the prison remained open the entirety of his Presidency and remains so {{as of|2023|August|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/guantanamo-bay-obama-prison-closure-plan/| author=Kevin Liptak| title=Obama gives Congress Guantanamo closure plan| publisher=CNN| date=February 23, 2016}}</ref>
*In the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 election]] to the U.K. House of Commons, the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat Party]] candidates took a pledge to oppose any increase in [[Tuition fees in the United Kingdom|university tuition fees]] and campaign for their abolition. After forming a [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|coalition government]] with the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tories]], 21 of 57 Liberal Democrat MPs voted to increase the fees.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-12-09 |title=Tuition fees: How Liberal Democrat MPs voted |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11964669 |access-date=2025-01-25 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*During the [[2015 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal election in 2015]], [[Justin Trudeau]] promised to replace the [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] electoral system before the next federal election. He later rescinded this promise.
*[[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]], as a candidate in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], promised that he would [[Imprisonment|imprison]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] over her [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|email controversy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/09/politics/eric-holder-nixon-trump-presidential-debate/index.html|title=Trump threatens to jail Clinton if he wins election|author=Gregory Krieg|website=CNN|date=10 October 2016|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref> most notably during the [[2016 Republican National Convention]] and the [[United States presidential debates, 2016|second presidential debate]]. After becoming [[President-elect of the United States|President-elect]], Trump announced he would not actually charge Clinton with any wrongdoing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38069585|title=Trump team won't pursue charges against Hillary Clinton|date=2016-11-22|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-04-23|language=en-GB}}</ref> The Trump Administration did not take any action against Clinton.
*In the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] in the United Kingdom the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], led by [[Boris Johnson]], pledged in their manifesto to not raise the rate of income tax, [[VAT]] or [[National Insurance]]. In September 2021, Johnson announced that National Insurance would be increased by 1.25 percentage points from April 2022 to raise money for the [[National Health Service]] and social care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-05/social-care-funding-talks-ongoing-as-tory-grandees-blast-national-insurance-hike|title='Absolutely nobody' will challenge National Insurance hike to pay for social care, says minister|author=ITV|website=ITV News|date=6 September 2021|access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
*In the [[2023 Turkish general election|2023 parliamentary and presidential elections]] in Turkey the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]], led by [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], pledged in their manifesto to provide tax exemption for the acquisition of mobile phones and computers for youth in higher education for once without giving details of whether it will apply to imported or domestic products. In August 2023, [[67th cabinet of Turkey|Erdoğan's cabinet]] announced that tax exemption for the acquisition of mobile phones and computers for youth would only encompass products produced or assembled in Turkey and have a price cap.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chip.com.tr/haber/ogrenciye-vergisiz-telefon-plani-ilk-detaylar-belli-oldu_159152.html|title=Öğrenciye vergisiz telefon planı: İlk detaylar belli oldu|author=CHIP|website=CHIP Online|date=29 August 2023|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>