Of all the epithets(称号，绰号) thrown at a new prime minister, “people-pleaser” bounces off(对……不起作用，弹开) Andy Burnham. After all, the polls have him with a favourability(好感度，支持率) rating of +13, making him the only party leader who scores above zero. His manner as he responded to all 125 of his questioners on his first Commons appearance this week had a warmth and empathy(同理心，共情) that his predecessor lacked. It’s a natural timbre, a good bedside manner(（医生对病人的）态度，亲切态度) for an uneasy country.
在所有加诸新首相的称号中，“讨好者”一词对安迪·伯纳姆并不适用。毕竟，民调显示他的好感度为+13，使他成为唯一得分高于零的政党领袖。本周他首次在下议院露面，回应了全部125位提问者，其态度带有前任所缺乏的温暖与同理心。这是一种自然的音色，对于一个不安的国家来说，是一种良好的床边态度。
Keir Starmer’s rating as he left office was -36. He was defenestrated(被赶下台，被免职) precisely because of his unpopularity. That baffled(使困惑，难倒) his allies, but his ratings crashed early into an electoral death zone(死亡地带，绝境) from which no leader returns. His revenge comes in giving Labour a potentially awkward byelection confrontation with Zack Polanski: although, just as Burnham defeated the right in Makerfield, any candidate under his leadership stands a good chance of defeating the Greens in Holborn and St Pancras.(他的报复体现在给工党带来一场与扎克·波兰斯基的潜在尴尬补选对决：尽管，正如伯纳姆在梅克菲尔德击败右翼一样，在他的领导下，任何候选人都很有可能在霍尔本和圣潘克拉斯击败绿党。)
基尔·斯塔默离任时的支持率为-36。他之所以被赶下台，恰恰是因为他的不受欢迎。这令他的盟友困惑，但他的支持率很早就跌入了选举死亡区，没有哪位领导人能从那里翻身。他的报复体现在给工党带来一场与扎克·波兰斯基的潜在尴尬补选对决：尽管，正如伯纳姆在梅克菲尔德击败右翼一样，在他的领导下，任何候选人都很有可能在霍尔本和圣潘克拉斯击败绿党。
Starmer’s fall began soon after Labour’s landslide(压倒性的胜利) victory in July 2024 with his message of foreboding(不祥的预感) gloom in the Downing Street garden. The country faced an economic and societal “black hole(黑洞，无底洞)”, he said, adding that “things will get worse before they get better”.
斯塔默的垮台始于2024年7月工党压倒性胜利后不久，他在唐宁街花园发表了不祥的悲观言论。他说，国家面临经济和社会“黑洞”，并补充说“情况在好转之前会先恶化”。