Sir Keir Starmer was elected in exasperation(恼怒，愤怒). After 14 years of Conservative rule, which ended in chaotic incompetence(混乱无能), he was able to win a jaw-dropping(令人瞠目结舌的) majority simply by setting himself up as the antithesis of(……的对立面) what went before. Sir Keir huffed(生气地叹气) for Britain; he tutted(发出啧啧声（表示不赞成）) for the nation. He was not much. But, crucially, he was not the Conservatives.(他并不出色。但关键是：他不是保守党。)
基尔·斯塔默爵士是在一片愤怒中当选的。在保守党14年统治（最终以混乱无能告终）之后，他仅凭将自己塑造成之前一切的对立面，就赢得了令人瞠目结舌的多数席位。斯塔默爵士为英国叹气；他为国家啧声。他并不出色。但关键是：他不是保守党。
Now, alas(唉（表示悲伤或遗憾）), it appears he is. If Sir Keir’s government resembles anything, it is recent Conservative ones, which were marked by feral(野蛮的，野性的) MPs, an inability to distinguish between narrow interest and the national interest, and a carousel(旋转木马；轮换) of prime ministers that turned both them and the country into a joke. Under Sir Keir, Labour has morphed into(变形成，转变为) what he once deplored(谴责，强烈反对).
然而，唉，现在看来他正是如此。如果说基尔爵士的政府像什么，那就是近期的保守党政府——以野蛮的议员、无法区分狭隘利益与国家利益，以及让首相和整个国家沦为笑柄的旋转木马式更迭为特征。在基尔爵士领导下，工党已变成了他曾谴责的东西。
It was Conservative MPs who began the trend of dumping prime ministers in a fit of pique(一时赌气/恼怒). They romped through(轻松地完成/快速经历) three in two months in 2022. Of their five prime ministers since 2010, only one lasted much longer than three years. Not one converted a majority at a general election into a whole term in office. Labour MPs have followed this Tory fashion. Just under 100 have called on Sir Keir to go. Barely two years after Sir Keir won a stonking(巨大的，惊人的（非正式）) majority at a general election, over half of the House of Commons wants him out. Only a mixture of tactical ineptitude(战术上的无能) and cowardice(怯懦) by his potential successors keeps Sir Keir in place, for now(暂时).
正是保守党议员开创了因一时恼怒就抛弃首相的风气。他们在2022年的两个月内接连赶走了三位首相。自2010年以来的五位保守党首相中，只有一位的任期明显超过三年。没有一位能将大选中的多数席位转化为完整的任期。工党议员也效仿了这种保守党时尚。近100人要求斯塔默下台。在斯塔默赢得大选的压倒性多数后仅仅两年，就有超过半数的下议院议员希望他走人。目前，只是因为潜在继任者的战术无能和怯懦才让斯塔默勉强留任。
If you gaze long into an abyss
当你凝视深渊时