Nigel Farage is a rattled(慌乱的，紧张的), embattled(四面楚歌的，处境艰难的) politician. Perhaps he feels buoyed up(使振奋，使受到鼓舞) by securing slightly more votes in a byelection boycotted by all the main parties than he did in the general election two years ago. That was despite 10,000 fewer people turning out to vote. But there was never any question that he was going to win a byelection he called purely to deflect scrutiny of his undeclared £5m personal gift from a Thai-based crypto-billionaire and donations from a convicted fraudster.(但毫无疑问，他会赢得这场补选——他召集这场补选纯粹是为了转移人们对他的审查：一笔来自泰国加密货币亿万富翁的500万英镑未申报个人礼物，以及一名已定罪欺诈者的捐款。)
奈杰尔·法拉奇是一位焦躁不安、四面楚歌的政治家。或许，在一场所有主要政党都抵制的补选中，他获得的选票比两年前大选时略多，这让他感到振奋。尽管投票人数减少了1万人。但毫无疑问，他会赢得这场补选——他召集这场补选纯粹是为了转移人们对他的审查：一笔来自泰国加密货币亿万富翁的500万英镑未申报个人礼物，以及一名已定罪欺诈者的捐款。
Farage chose Clacton as his parliamentary launchpad(跳板，发射台) for a reason. It was here that his previous outfit(组织，团体), Ukip, secured its breakthrough(突破，重大进展) in the byelection of 2014. It is one of the most pro-leave(支持脱欧的) seats in Britain, while Electoral Calculus estimates that almost no other constituency(选区) is this rightwing(右翼的).
法拉奇选择克拉克顿作为他进入议会的跳板是有原因的。正是在这里，他之前的组织英国独立党在2014年的补选中取得了突破。这里是英国最支持脱欧的选区之一，而“选举计算”网站估计，几乎没有其他选区像这里这样右翼。
When I visited, I found no shortage of(不乏，有很多) voters who were defiant(挑衅的，不服的) about Farage’s scandals. They saw no problem with a politician being showered with(被大量给予) dosh(钱（俚语）) by a foreign-based billionaire, arguing that Farage deserved it because he was a “nice man” and even suggesting he might invest it locally. They bought the narrative that the establishment was out to get their man, as if a millionaire ex-City broker who is a sometime friend of the US president is some plucky outsider.(他们相信了建制派要陷害他们的人的说法，好像一位百万富翁、前伦敦金融城经纪人、偶尔是美国总统朋友的人是什么勇敢的局外人。)
当我到访时，我发现不乏对法拉奇的丑闻持挑衅态度的选民。他们认为，一位政客被外国亿万富翁大把砸钱没有问题，还辩称法拉奇理应得到这些钱，因为他是个“好人”，甚至暗示他可能会在当地投资。他们相信了建制派要陷害他们的人的说法，好像一位百万富翁、前伦敦金融城经纪人、偶尔是美国总统朋友的人是什么勇敢的局外人。