The Labour Party rule book is required reading(必读材料) for political journalists. At times of turmoil(混乱；动荡), the PDF racks up thousands of clicks. As nearly 100 of Sir Keir Starmer’s MPs turn against him, the manual is being pored over again.
工党党章是政治记者的必读材料。每当动荡时期，这份PDF就会获得数千次点击。随着近100名基尔·斯塔默爵士的议员倒戈，这份手册再次被仔细研读。
The document explains that any potential challenger to Sir Keir needs to secure the nominations of 81 MPs (one-fifth of the parliamentary party) to trigger(触发；引发) a leadership election. If the prime minister chose to fight, he would automatically be nominated. If he resigns, potential candidates would additionally require the backing(支持；背书) of 5% of local Labour Party branches or three affiliated(附属的；隶属的) organisations (including two trade unions). If only one candidate is nominated, they would become leader by default(自动地；默认地), like Gordon Brown in 2007.
文件说明，任何潜在的挑战者都需要获得81名议员（议会党团的五分之一）的提名，才能触发领导人选举。如果首相选择参选，他将自动获得提名。如果他辞职，潜在候选人还需要获得5%的工党地方支部或三个附属组织（包括两个工会）的支持。如果只有一名候选人获得提名，他们将自动成为领导人，就像2007年的戈登·布朗。
The nomination process makes it impossible for the hard-left(极左翼), Corbynite wing of the party to field(使…参加竞选；推出) a candidate. The Socialist Campaign Group, which represents it in Parliament, has just 24 MPs. Instead, leadership candidates would probably come from the party’s soft left (including figures such as Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband), centre-left (Yvette Cooper, John Healey) or centrist faction(派系；小集团)s (Wes Streeting, Pat McFadden). The process makes it hard for more than three candidates to get on the ballot(选票；投票).
提名程序使得党内极左翼（科尔宾派）无法推出候选人。代表该派系在议会的“社会主义竞选团体”只有24名议员。相反，领导人候选人可能来自党内温和左翼（包括安吉拉·雷纳和埃德·米利班德等人）、中左翼（伊薇特·库珀、约翰·希利）或中间派（韦斯·斯特里廷、帕特·麦克法登）。这一程序使得超过三名候选人进入投票阶段变得困难。