Andy Burnham is not yet prime minister, but the backlash(强烈反对；反弹) against his rule has already begun. When Mr Burnham outlined his vision for Britain he did so in Manchester, the de facto(事实上；实际上的) capital of the north, where he was mayor for almost a decade. His ruling creed(信条；信念) is Manchesterism, which blends stakeholderese (“UK plc”) with soppy references(多愁善感的提及) to The Smiths, a Mancunian band from Mr Burnham’s teenage years. To cement the shift of power away from Britain’s south, Mr Burnham pledged to create “Number 10 North”, shifting the prime minister’s abode from Downing Street to the north, for a few days a week at least.(为了巩固权力从英国南方转移，伯纳姆承诺打造“十号北方”，将首相官邸从唐宁街迁至北方，至少每周几天。)
安迪·伯纳姆尚未成为首相，但反对他统治的声音已经出现。当伯纳姆勾勒他对英国的愿景时，他在曼彻斯特——这个事实上的北方首都，他曾担任市长近十年——发表讲话。他的执政信条是“曼彻斯特主义”，它融合了利益相关者论调（“英国股份有限公司”）和他青少年时期喜爱的曼彻斯特乐队“史密斯”的多愁善感。为了巩固权力从英国南方转移的趋势，伯纳姆承诺打造“十号北方”，将首相官邸从唐宁街迁至北方，至少每周几天。
It provided ammo(弹药；（比喻）攻击材料) for those who seek to paint Mr Burnham as little more than(只不过是；几乎就是) a “chippy northerner”. Chippiness, that blend of grievance, resentment and paranoia(偏执；妄想) about a disconnected elite, is fundamental to Mr Burnham’s worldview. But his rise to power does not represent the triumph of the chippy northerner. Instead, British politics is witnessing the birth of something more novel and more potent(强有力的；有影响力的). Chippiness, a state of mind once associated only with the north and the Celtic fringe(凯尔特边缘地区), has spread to Britain’s south. Behold the ascent of the chippy southerner.(请看暴躁南方人的崛起。)
这为那些试图把伯纳姆描绘成无非是个“暴躁北方佬”的人提供了弹药。“暴躁”这种混合着不满、怨恨和对脱离民众的精英阶层的偏执的心态，是伯纳姆世界观的核心。但他的崛起并不代表暴躁北方人的胜利。相反，英国政治正目睹一种更新颖、更强大的事物的诞生。暴躁——这种过去只与北方和凯尔特边缘地区相关的心态——已蔓延到英国南方。请看暴躁南方人的崛起。
Where there is chippiness, there is usually truth.(哪里有暴躁，通常哪里就有真相。) The causes of the regional grumpiness(坏脾气；不悦) are real enough. “It’s Scotland’s oil(苏格兰民族党1970年代口号)”, ran the slogan of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the 1970s, when proceeds(收益；收入) from the North Sea’s reserves began to flow into the Treasury in London, helping subsidise Margaret Thatcher’s painful economic reforms that hit Scotland hard. Likewise, the north of England really does lose out(失利；处于劣势) when it comes to investment. Mr Burnham dislikes the “Green Book(英国财政部投资评估指南)”, the Treasury’s rulebook, which he claims pushes too much investment south. The result is the technocrat’s version of Matthew 13:12(《马太福音》13章12节): “Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
哪里有暴躁，通常哪里就有真相。地方性不满的原因确实存在。“这是苏格兰的石油”，苏格兰民族党在1970年代的竞选口号如是说，当时北海油田的收益开始流入伦敦的财政部，帮助补贴玛格丽特·撒切尔带动痛的经济改革，这些改革严重打击了苏格兰。同样，英格兰北部在投资方面确实处于劣势。伯纳姆不喜欢“绿皮书”——财政部的规则手册——他声称该书将过多投资推往南方。其结果是对马太福音13:12的技术官僚式演绎：“凡有的，还要加给他，叫他有余；凡没有的，连他所有的也要夺去。”
To whine is divine
牢骚即神圣