There’s an undying story about Britain that goes like this: in 1940, uncomplaining Brits saved the world from Hitler. Then they lived happily and conservatively until their country was taken over by Brussels and swamped by immigrants. This story of paradise lost gets retold at every British election. The novel twist of the coming election, on May 7, is that the story will be told most effectively not by the Conservatives but by the anti-immigrant UK Independence party.
有一個關於英國的奇葩故事是這樣的:1940年,無怨無悔的英國人從希特勒手中拯救了世界。之後他們過著幸福而傳統的生活——直至自己的國家被歐盟接管,並且被大量移民搞得擁擠不堪。每次英國大選時,這個「失樂園」的故事都會被重述。對於5月7日將要舉行的大選,新變化在於,最能成功講述這個故事的不是保守黨(Conservatives),而是反移民的英國獨立黨(UK Independence party)。