Governments do not usually need a reset after barely 12 weeks in office. But Britain’s Labour party went into what ought to have been a celebratory conference this week with its approval ratings, and consumer confidence, both tumbling thanks to political mis-steps and excessively gloomy messaging since its landslide victory in July. Speeches that were somewhat more upbeat and sure-footed from chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer may help to stabilise the government. More work lies ahead, however, to get its project back on the rails.
政府通常不需要在上任僅僅12周後進行重置。但是英國工黨在本週舉行本應是慶祝勝選的大會時，其支持率和英國消費者信心都大幅下滑，因爲該黨在7月取得壓倒性勝利之後的政治失誤和過度悲觀的資訊傳遞。如果財政大臣蕾切爾•里夫斯(Rachel Reeves)和首相基爾•斯塔默爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)能夠發表更樂觀和穩健的演講，可能有助於穩定政府局勢。然而，還需要更多的工作來使其計劃重新上軌道。