Hope again. That was the prime minister’s message to the country this week. A national social care system, greater public control of water and energy, help for first-time buyers and a crackdown(严厉打击) on rogue(无良的，流氓的) landlords and empty homes. With clarity and conviction(坚定信念), Andy Burnham set out a bold plan to put Britain on a new path, steeped in(浸透，充满) Labour values.
又是希望。这是首相本周向全国传递的信息。建立全国社会保障体系，加强公众对水务和能源的管控，帮助首次购房者，打击无良房东和空置房屋。安迪·伯纳姆以清晰而坚定的态度，提出了一项大胆计划，要让英国走上一条浸透工党价值观的新道路。
It felt like a conference speech that would be remembered for years to come, marking a decisive break with a broken political model that has let British people down for decades.(这场大会演讲让人感觉会被铭记多年，它标志着与一个让英国人民失望了几十年的破碎政治模式的决裂。) And perhaps most encouraging of all was the prime minister’s promise to rethink(重新思考) Britain’s relationship with the EU.
这场大会演讲让人感觉会被铭记多年，它标志着与一个让英国人民失望了几十年的破碎政治模式的决裂。而或许最令人鼓舞的是，首相承诺重新思考英国与欧盟的关系。
Burnham’s words were simple but stark(严酷的，鲜明的): “Brexit has done more harm than good.” He is right – and the reality of the vote’s impact on the UK is sobering(令人清醒的). Research commissioned by City Hall in 2024 showed that London’s economy was £30bn smaller than it would have been without Brexit and that there were nearly 2m fewer jobs overall in the UK as a result of us leaving.(2024年伦敦市政厅委托的研究显示，伦敦经济比没有脱欧时缩水了300亿英镑，全国因脱欧减少了近200万个就业岗位。) Earlier this year, we set out new analysis showing that our country has grown more slowly than our comparable European counterpart(对应的人或物)s since 2016. If that trend continues, our economy could be £250bn smaller than similar EU countries’ by 2030.
伯纳姆的话简单却刺耳：“脱欧弊大于利。”他说得对——公投对英国影响的现实令人清醒。2024年伦敦市政厅委托的研究显示，伦敦经济比没有脱欧时缩水了300亿英镑，全国因脱欧减少了近200万个就业岗位。今年早些时候，我们提出的新分析表明，自2016年以来，英国的经济增长速度慢于可比的欧洲国家。如果这一趋势持续，到2030年，我们的经济规模可能比类似的欧盟国家小2500亿英镑。