Andy burnham has sailed into(顺利进入) Westminster largely on the strength of(凭借，依靠) his performance as mayor of Greater Manchester. As his accent suggests, though, Mr Burnham is not from Manchester. He grew up a few miles to the west, on the edge of a very different northern English town, which deserves to be better known(应该更出名).
安迪·伯纳姆凭借其作为大曼彻斯特市长的表现，顺利进入威斯敏斯特。不过，正如他的口音所示，伯纳姆并非曼彻斯特人。他在几英里以西的一个非常不同的英格兰北部小镇边缘长大，这个小镇值得更广为人知。
Warrington is not a glamorous(光鲜的，迷人的) place. It has no skyscrapers and is small, with about 215,000 inhabitants(居民). Its people like it that way. “They don’t want us to be too big, and be a city,” says Hans Mundry, leader of the Labour-run borough council. Warrington Town Football Club plays in the seventh division(第七级别联赛) of English football (its rugby-league team is far better). In 2015 the Royal Society of Arts ranked the town last out of 325 places for cultural amenities(文化设施). Angry Warringtonians pointed out, not altogether convincingly(不太有说服力地), that Britain’s first ikea furniture store had opened there.
沃灵顿不是一个光鲜的地方。没有摩天大楼，规模小，约有21.5万居民。当地人喜欢这样。‘他们不希望我们变得太大，变成城市，’工党控制的区议会领袖汉斯·芒德里说。沃灵顿镇足球俱乐部在英格兰足球第七级别联赛踢球（其橄榄球联盟队要好得多）。2015年，皇家艺术学会将沃灵顿的文化设施在325个地区中排名垫底。愤怒的沃灵顿居民不无牵强地指出，英国第一家宜家家具店在那里开业。
For all that(尽管如此), it is successful. gdp per person is one-third higher than the British average, and has grown faster since 2010 (see chart). The place has prospered(繁荣，成功) by pursuing policies distinct from what Mr Burnham calls “Manchesterism(① 文中含义：伯纳姆提出的一种模糊的左翼...)”, a vaguely articulated(表述模糊的), leftist approach to economic development which gives the state a big role. Warrington is an alternative model for the next prime minister, and a warning.(沃灵顿对下一位首相而言，既是一种替代模式，也是一个警告。)
尽管如此，它还是成功的。人均GDP比英国平均水平高出三分之一，且自2010年以来增长更快（见图表）。该地通过推行与伯纳姆所谓的‘曼彻斯特主义’不同的政策而繁荣，‘曼彻斯特主义’是一种表述模糊、赋予国家重要角色的左翼经济发展方式。沃灵顿对下一位首相而言，既是一种替代模式，也是一个警告。
Lessons for Burnham
伯纳姆的启示