On Monday morning, another bout of history(又一轮历史事件) happened. At a podium on Downing Street, a tearful(泪流满面的) Sir Keir Starmer became the latest prime minister to quit mid-term(任期中途). On the West Coast Mainline(①背景：英国主要铁路干线，连接伦敦尤斯顿...), a train carrying Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer’s inevitable replacement, hurtled(疾驰，猛冲) from Manchester to London, like Lenin on an Avanti Pendolino(①背景：列宁在1917年从瑞士返回俄罗斯...). But inside Labour, the changes at 10 Downing Street provoked less chatter than(引起的议论远少于) who would occupy 11 Downing Street as chancellor(财政大臣（英国）). There are two candidates: Ed Miliband and Not Ed Miliband(非埃德·米利班德（任何其他人）).
周一早晨，又上演了一出历史事件。在唐宁街的讲台上，泪流满面的基尔·斯塔默爵士成为最新一位任期中途辞职的首相。在西海岸干线铁路上，一列载着安迪·伯纳姆——基尔·斯塔默爵士不可避免的继任者——的火车从曼彻斯特疾驰驶向伦敦，宛如列宁乘坐阿凡提·潘多利诺火车一般。但在工党内部，唐宁街10号的人事变动引发的议论，远不如谁将入主11号成为财政大臣的话题。有两个候选人：埃德·米利班德，以及非埃德·米利班德。
British politics has undergone a Copernican revolution(哥白尼革命（根本性转变）): it now revolves around Mr Miliband. Research spelling out how grumpy(脾气坏的，不满的) fund managers would be about Mr Miliband was pushed out(发布/放出（研究报告等）) by people who want Wes Streeting, a former health secretary from the party’s right, or “anyone but Ed”. During an interview at ARC, a right-wing conference, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, mentioned Mr Miliband more times than she did Mr Burnham, the future prime minister. “DOn’T PUT economy at mercy of ‘RED ED’(①背景：英国媒体给埃德·米利班德起的绰号...)”, screamed(尖叫道（拟人化，表强调）) the Daily Mail. The past, present and, perhaps, the future of British politics orbit Mr Miliband(围绕米利班德运行).
英国政治经历了一场哥白尼革命：它现在围绕米利班德先生旋转。一份详细说明基金经理们对米利班德先生会多么不满的研究报告，被那些希望韦斯·斯特里廷（前卫生大臣，来自工党右翼）或“除了埃德谁都行”的人推了出来。在一次右翼会议ARC的采访中，保守党领袖凯米·巴德诺赫提及米利班德先生的次数超过了她提及未来首相伯纳姆先生的次数。“别把经济交给‘红色埃德’的摆布”，《每日邮报》尖叫道。英国政治的过去、现在——或许还有未来——都围绕着米利班德先生运行。
If politics in Britain is but the actions of individuals(不过是个人行为的集合), then Mr Miliband’s decisions have shaped(塑造，影响) the country more than most. He stood against(与…对抗/竞争) his older brother David, a former foreign secretary who was less left-wing and more photogenic(上镜的), in the fight for the Labour leadership, beginning the party’s leftward drift(左倾趋势). His decision to switch the party into a one-man, one-vote(一人一票制) organisation, rather than a complex intersection(交叉点/交错体（此处意译为复杂体）) of mps, unions and party members, paved the way for the leftist Jeremy Corbyn(①背景：2015-2019年工党领袖，极...) to succeed him.
如果说英国政治不过是个人行为的总和，那么米利班德先生的决定对这个国家的影响超过了大多数人。他在争夺工党领袖的斗争中与哥哥戴维——一位不那么左翼且更上镜的前外交大臣——对立，开启了工党的左倾之路。他将工党改组为一党一票制组织（取代原先由议员、工会和党员构成的复杂结构）的决定，为左翼人士杰里米·科尔宾接替他铺平了道路。
I’m with the Miliband
我支持米利班德