There’s no way on earth(绝对不可能) it should have worked, but somehow he may have got away with it(侥幸逃脱). Last week, the actor Richard E Grant became the first contestant on The Traitors – a show whose only unbreakable rule is never to let anyone know you’re the murderer – to gleefully announce within minutes of being selected that yes, haha, it’s him!(上周，演员理查德·E·格兰特成为《叛徒》节目中第一个在入选后几分钟内就兴高采烈地宣布“没错，哈哈，就是我！”的参赛者——这档节目唯一不可打破的规则就是绝不能让任何人知道你是凶手。) Yet even then many of his fellow contestants seemed to like him too much to recoil(退缩，畏缩).
按理说这绝对行不通，但不知怎的，他或许就这么蒙混过关了。上周，演员理查德·E·格兰特成为《叛徒》节目中第一个——在被选为“凶手”后几分钟内就兴高采烈地宣布“没错，哈哈，就是我！”的参赛者，而这档节目唯一不可打破的规则就是绝不能让任何人知道你是凶手。然而即便如此，许多同场参赛者似乎太喜欢他了，以至于并未因此疏远他。
And that, roughly speaking(大致来说), is now Andy Burnham’s Brexit strategy. After years of Labour politicians – not least Burnham himself, in the Makerfield byelection, without which he would not now be prime minister – trying to hide their real feelings about Brexit, Burnham has decided just to tell the truth and hope people roll with it.(多年来，工党政客——尤其是伯纳姆本人，在梅克菲尔德补选中，没有那次补选他如今就当不上首相——一直试图隐藏自己对脱欧的真实感受，而如今伯纳姆决定干脆说实话，并指望人们能接受。) Leaving hasn’t worked, he said bluntly(直截了当地) last week in Liverpool, and Britain should consider the alternatives. If you’re a leaver who suspects him of being out to unwind(逆转，瓦解) Brexit – well, yes, he is. This bold strategy seemingly surprised much of his own cabinet, an early lesson in how he likes to work for those who hadn’t studied his Manchester operation closely enough. But the oddly muted(温和的，不强烈的) initial response to what would once have been a seismic shock suggests it’s wrongfooting(使措手不及) some opponents, too.
大致来说，这就是安迪·伯纳姆现在的脱欧策略。多年来，工党政客——尤其是伯纳姆本人，在梅克菲尔德补选中，没有那次补选他如今就当不上首相——一直试图隐藏自己对脱欧的真实感受，而如今伯纳姆决定干脆说实话，并指望人们能接受。他上周在利物浦直言不讳地说，脱欧没有奏效，英国应该考虑其他选择。如果你是一位脱欧派，怀疑他有意瓦解脱欧——没错，他确实如此。这一大胆策略似乎让他自己的内阁多数成员感到意外，这也给那些没有仔细研究过他曼彻斯特运作方式的人上了第一课：他喜欢怎样工作。但这一曾经会引发地震般冲击的举动，最初反应却出奇地平淡，这表明它也让一些对手措手不及。
Nigel Farage(英国脱欧运动核心人物) has been the only one to react with unfettered(无拘无束的) glee. Reform’s next manifesto is basically now written for him: save Brexit, stop the boats(阻止小船（移民）) and don’t vote for Restore(英国新政党“恢复”) because it can’t win.
奈杰尔·法拉奇是唯一一个毫无保留地欢欣鼓舞的人。改革党的下一份宣言基本上已经为他写好了：拯救脱欧、阻止小船、别投给“恢复”党，因为它赢不了。