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Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗
[ 2008-10-06 13:07 ]

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Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗

Brown promised "a new settlement for new times"

Yesterday British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a speech to members of his party promising “a new settlement for new times”.

But the Prime Minister knows that for his leadership, time might be running out. His Labour Party are now 22 points behind the Conservatives and unless they improve their position, the next election will be won by the leader of the Opposition, David Cameron.

Gordon Brown’s speech was aimed at those within Labour who think the only way their party can win again is for him to go as soon as possible.

How did it come to this? When Mr Brown came into office 14 months ago, he was riding high in opinion polls and had a secure place in his party. His serious, no-nonsense approach was seen as a refreshing change from Mr Blair’s slick and prepared style.

Mr Brown’s honeymoon came to an end this time last year. There were hints that he might try to capitalise on his lead in the polls by calling a snap election. The Prime Minister allowed speculation to build for several weeks before finally ruling out an autumn election.

The delay allowed the Prime Minister’s opponents to call him indecisive and even cowardly.

There followed unpopular changes to the tax system, which left some poorer voters worse off. This led to an embarrassing U-turn that further eroded Mr Brown’s image as a safe pair of hands to run the economy.

And then we have the growing financial crisis that has already caused one UK bank to be nationalised and another, HBOS, to be taken over.

Some of his opponents say Mr Brown must shoulder some of the blame for recent events, since he was Chancellor for 10 years under Tony Blair.

Yesterday the Prime Minister accepted that his first year in power might have gone better, saying, “Where I've made mistakes I'll put my hand up and try to put them right”.

But he insisted that his long experience meant he was best placed to handle the financial crisis.

Perhaps speaking of Mr Cameron, the Prime Minister said, “This is no time for a novice”.

The Prime Minister’s impassioned speech has impressed many supporters, but it is not clear if it will be enough to quieten the dissent within his party.

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Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗a new settlement for new times
新时期的新对策

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗time might be running out
恐怕没时间了

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗Opposition
反对党

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗riding high in opinion polls
民调支持率高

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗slick
圆滑的

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗honeymoon
蜜月(期)

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗capitalise
利用

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗snap election
临时选举

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗speculation
揣测

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗ruling out
排除

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗indecisive
犹豫不决

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗U-turn
掉头回转

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗eroded
损坏了

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗safe pair of hands
经验老手

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗nationalised
国有化

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗shoulder some of the blame
承担部分责任

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗put my hand up
(举手)认错

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗This is no time for a novice
不是新手上阵的时候

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗impassioned
慷慨激昂的

Politics: Gordon Brown 政治:布朗quieten the dissent 平息不满情绪

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