I AM GOING to give Britain the circuit-breaker(断路器；紧急措施) it needs,” Andy Burnham promised as he set out(出发；阐明) for the first time what he wants to do if—or rather, when—he becomes prime minister(如果——更准确地说，是当——他成为首相). In the opening speech of his campaign for the Labour Party leadership on June 29th, the former mayor(前市长) of Greater Manchester acknowledged(承认) that more of the same(更多的相同做法) would not be enough for him to succeed where Sir Keir Starmer had failed(在基尔·斯塔默爵士失败之处取得成功).
“我将给英国带来它所需的断路器，”安迪·伯纳姆承诺道，他首次阐明了自己希望成为首相后要做的事——或者说，是何时成为首相。6月29日，在工党领袖竞选的开幕演讲中，这位大曼彻斯特前市长承认，仅凭老一套做法不足以让他成功接替基尔·斯塔默爵士的失败。
The contest(竞赛；竞选) to find a new Labour leader, and therefore prime minister, does not officially begin until July 9th. In reality it is as good as(几乎，实际上) over. No other candidate has come forward(站出来；主动提供). Barring some freak occurrence(反常事件), Mr Burnham will be name(任命，提名)d party leader on July 17th and enter 10 Downing Street(入主唐宁街10号) on July 20th.
寻找工党新领袖（也因此是新首相）的竞选要到7月9日才正式开始。但实际上它已经基本结束。没有其他候选人站出来。除非出现某些异常情况，伯纳姆将于7月17日被任命为党魁，并于7月20日入主唐宁街10号。
Mr Burnham’s easy self-confidence(自信), in a tight black T-shirt, presents a striking contrast(鲜明对比) to the Starmer premiership. “A Uniqlo man(优衣库男人) who can pull off(成功完成；穿出效果) a pair of Birkies(勃肯鞋（Birkenstock的昵称）)”, wrote the Times. But his policy agenda, as far as one exists, looks more similar to the status quo(现状). In his speech, delivered on his home turf(自家地盘) in Manchester, he called for every region to have “clear and credible industrial ambitions”—little different from Sir Keir’s industrial strategy that promised to “enable investment and growth in city regions and clusters across the UK”. Public procurement should be overhauled to benefit “our own British-based suppliers”; this is what Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, once called “securonomics”.
伯纳姆身着紧身黑色T恤，透着轻松自信，与斯塔默的首相风格形成鲜明对比。《泰晤士报》写道：“一个能驾驭勃肯鞋的优衣库男人。”但他的政策议程（如果存在的话）看起来更像延续现状。在曼彻斯特自家地盘上的演讲中，他呼吁每个地区拥有“清晰可信的工业雄心”——这与斯塔默的工业战略几乎无异，后者承诺“促使英国各地城市区域和产业集群的投资和增长”。公共采购应彻底改革以惠及“我们自己的英国供应商”；这正是财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯曾称为“安全经济学”的主张。
