How many sarcastic air quotes is too many for quoting Nigel Farage’s suggestion that Reform have been ““““““““hoaxed”””””””” by some undercover investigators into appearing to seek to get round electoral law to bag a £500k donation from a foreigner, as well as commissioning off-the-books polling and failing to identify it to newspapers?(引用法拉奇的说法需要多少个讽刺性引号才算太多？) I don’t feel eight was too many. I could run to nine. Amazing, really, that it’s been as long as a few weeks since Farage had a crash-out(发脾气，崩溃（非正式）) and forced a byelection(补选). All any of us wants is for Nigel to once again resign after a staged shitfit(做作的发飙（粗俗）) and ask a few thousand members of the public to judge him.
引用奈杰尔·法拉奇的说法——改革党被一些卧底调查人员““““““““骗了””””””””，以至于看起来像是试图规避选举法，以获取一名外国人的50万英镑捐款，同时还委托进行账外民意调查，并且没有向报纸披露——需要多少个讽刺性的手指引号才算太多？我觉得八个不算多。我还能加到九个。真是令人惊讶，法拉奇上次发脾气并迫使举行补选，才过去几周而已。我们所有人想要的，无非是奈杰尔在一场做作的发飙后再次辞职，并请几千名公众来评判他。
For whatever reason, though, the law of our country does not amount to(等同于，相当于) an “ONLY THE PEOPLE OF CLACTON CAN JUDGE ME” tattoo, and so it is that as Reform’s conference gets under way(开始，进行中) today, the party has been reported to the police(向警方举报) for allegedly using foreign money to fund its activities. It’s all based on a covert(秘密的，隐蔽的) sting(诱捕行动（非正式）) carried out by Verbatim – an investigative group founded by journalists from the non-profit(非营利的) Centre for Climate Reporting – and broadcast last night on Channel 4 News.
然而，不管出于什么原因，我们国家的法律并不等同于一枚“只有克拉克顿人民才能评判我”的纹身，因此，就在改革党今天召开大会之际，该党已被举报给警方，涉嫌使用外国资金资助其活动。这一切都基于 Verbatim 组织进行的一次秘密诱捕行动——该调查组织由非营利性“气候报道中心”的记者创立——并于昨晚在第四频道新闻中播出。
Though Farage has some very significant walk-on parts(龙套角色，小配角) in this secretly filmed footage(录像片段), the chief protagonists(主角，主要人物) in the hokey cokey(一种英国舞蹈，比喻摇摆不定) are James Orr, the party’s director of policy, and Nigel’s right-hand man(得力助手，左膀右臂) Dan Jukes. Jukes is one of the many Farage aides to physically resemble an Apprentice(《学徒》，英国真人秀) candidate who crashes out(被淘汰，出局) in week four after miscalculating quantities in the sweetshop task. Still, he’d make a lovely Rolf in a regional production of The Sound of Music(《音乐之声》，经典音乐剧). And, happily, would now have the time to really commit(投入，承诺) to the role.
尽管法拉奇在这段秘密拍摄的录像中有一些非常显眼的客串角色，但这场“进退游戏”的主角是党内政策主管詹姆斯·奥尔和奈杰尔的得力助手丹·朱克斯。朱克斯是众多法拉奇助手之一，他们在外貌上酷似《学徒》中那位在糖果店任务中算错数量、第四周被淘汰的候选人。不过，他会是《音乐之声》地方演出中可爱的罗尔夫。而且，幸运的是，他现在有时间真正投入这个角色了。