Nothing stays fresh for long in parliament and no one sounds normal. The air, thick with(充满，密布) convention, suffocates(扼杀，使窒息) originality, tuning every voice to the same Westminster pitch(音高，调子). The need to escape that climate is one reason why Andy Burnham quit his Commons seat to run for mayor of Greater Manchester.(想要逃离这种氛围是伯纳姆辞去议员席位竞选市长的一个原因。) Or that is how he tells the story.
在议会里，任何新鲜事物都难以持久，没有人听起来正常。空气中弥漫着陈规旧习，扼杀创新，把每一个声音都调成同样的威斯敏斯特调门。安迪·伯纳姆辞去下议院席位去竞选大曼彻斯特市长，原因之一就是想要逃离这种氛围。或者，这是他自己讲述的故事。
Returning after nearly a decade away, the prime minister says he wants to throw open the windows, let in some air. He thinks devolution(权力下放) can cultivate a healthier political culture. He intends to rebalance England’s centre of gravity(重心，核心) with a power base in the new No 10 North(北方唐宁街10号，指首相在英格兰北部的办公地).
在离开近十年后重返政坛，首相表示他想推开窗户，让空气流通。他认为权力下放可以培育更健康的政治文化。他打算以新“北方唐宁街10号”为权力基地，重新平衡英格兰的重心。
The timing of Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street, just before the summer recess(休会期), suited those arguments. He replaced Keir Starmer, then promptly went on tour, posting chatty videos on social media, appearing as the antidote to a stuffy predecessor who, perhaps unfairly, had come to be seen as the archetypal Westminster mechanoid.(他接替了基尔·斯塔默，随后立即开始巡游，发布闲聊视频，以沉闷前任的解药形象出现。) Starmer, who today announced his intention to stand down(辞职，退位) as an MP, may find his authentic voice on the outside.
伯纳姆在夏季休会前入主唐宁街，这一时机正契合他的主张。他接替了基尔·斯塔默，随后立即开始巡游，在社交媒体上发布闲聊式视频，以沉闷前任的解药形象出现——后者或许不公正地被视为威斯敏斯特的典型机械人。斯塔默今天宣布了辞去议员职务的意向，他或许能在体制外找到自己真实的声音。