In the early hours of last Friday morning, a video was posted. It showed Nigel Farage among his team of volunteers, before the votes had been counted, celebrating his victory and saying that he was not going to humiliate(羞辱，使丢脸) himself by sharing a platform at the count next to “nobodies(无名小卒，小人物)”.
上周五凌晨，一段视频被发布。视频显示，在计票之前，奈杰尔·法拉奇与他的志愿者团队在一起，庆祝他的胜利，并说他不会在计票现场与“无名小卒”同台，以免自取其辱。
He was referring to the 33 other candidates who had taken part in what was effectively an unnecessary election, one Farage himself had instigated just a few weeks earlier to send one message: that the people of Clacton were backing him, despite parliamentary investigations into his receipt of an undeclared £5m donation.(他指的是其他33名候选人，他们参加了一场实际上毫无必要的选举——这场选举正是法拉奇本人几周前为了传递一个信息而煽动起来的：克拉克顿人民支持他，尽管议会正在调查他收受一笔未申报的500万英镑捐款。) The election is over, but it’s worth thinking about Clacton and those candidates, of whom I was one.
他指的是其他33名候选人，他们参加了一场实际上毫无必要的选举——这场选举正是法拉奇本人几周前为了传递一个信息而煽动起来的：克拉克顿人民支持他，尽管议会正在调查他收受一笔未申报的500万英镑捐款。选举已经结束，但克拉克顿和那些候选人值得我们思考，而我就是其中之一。
I migrated to Britain from Iran 27 years ago, and have not been back there for 24 years because my Christian faith and my political activities put me at risk of(处于…风险中) persecution(迫害). Iran’s Islamic regime has massacre(屠杀)d thousands of innocent people who want the democracy and freedom we have in Britain and it continues to execute protesters. Perhaps that’s why I felt so passionately about defending our democratic system in Britain from being abused.
27年前，我从伊朗移民到英国，24年来从未回去过，因为我的基督教信仰和政治活动使我面临迫害的风险。伊朗的伊斯兰政权屠杀了成千上万渴望民主与自由的无辜民众——这些自由正是我们在英国所拥有的——而且它还在继续处决抗议者。也许这就是为什么我如此热切地捍卫英国的民主制度，使其不被滥用。