Until recently, my politically obsessed friends in America did not express much interest in British elections. No wonder. Although the iconic figure of Margaret Thatcher had inspired fascination a few decades ago, as had, a little later, the white-toothed Tony Blair, the 2015 British election elicited barely a yawn. Westminster politicians — men such as David Cameron — seemed too dull to hold any lessons for the US.
直到不久前,我那些癡迷於政治的美國朋友們還從沒表現過對英國大選有太多興趣。這一點也不奇怪。儘管幾十年前的標誌性人物瑪格麗特•撒切爾(Margaret Thatcher),以及她之後不久的一口白牙的東尼•布萊爾(Tony Blair)都曾大放異彩,但是2015年的英國大選可以說讓人哈欠連天。西敏(Westminster)的政客——大衛•卡麥隆(David Cameron)等人——似乎太過乏味,不足以讓美國有任何借鑑。
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