Kemi Badenoch is considering doing her job. With her second Conservative party conference as leader looming(逼近的，即将发生的) on Sunday, and her rival Nigel Farage finally losing some ground, the provocateur(煽动者，挑事者) with a reputation for dodging media rounds(躲避媒体采访) and being ill-prepared for briefs(对简报准备不足) has seemingly cured her camera shyness(镜头恐惧症).
凯米·巴德诺赫正在考虑履行她的职责。随着她作为党魁的第二次保守党大会于周日临近，加上对手奈杰尔·法拉奇终于失去了一些优势，这位以躲避媒体采访和准备不足而闻名的煽动者，似乎治好了她的镜头恐惧症。
In recent days, Badenoch has touted(鼓吹，兜售) a policy to give the unemployed a “subsistence allowance(基本生活津贴)” that would prevent them from buying booze(酒，酗酒) or cigarettes, sought to bar benefits from(禁止……领取福利) young people who are straight out of school(刚毕业，刚离开学校), accused Andy Burnham of wanting to take Britain “back to the 1970s” with public control of utilities(公用事业公有化), and enjoyed some mixed polling(好坏参半的民调).
近日，巴德诺赫鼓吹一项政策，要给失业者发放“基本生活津贴”，但禁止他们购买酒或香烟；她还试图禁止刚毕业的年轻人领取福利；指责安迪·伯纳姆想通过公用事业公有化把英国“带回1970年代”；并且获得了一些好坏参半的民调结果。
That the rightwing press has greeted this with a relief bordering on delusion (the Telegraph went as far to suggest the Conservatives could win a snap election) gives a hint of how dismally low the bar is in parts of the Tory camp.(右翼媒体对此表示欢迎，那种如释重负几乎到了妄想的地步（《每日电讯报》甚至暗示保守党可能赢得提前大选），这暗示了保守党阵营部分人的标准低得多么可悲。)
右翼媒体对此表示欢迎，那种如释重负几乎到了妄想的地步（《每日电讯报》甚至暗示保守党可能赢得提前大选），这暗示了保守党阵营部分人的标准低得多么可悲。