It was lobbed(被抛出) into the national conversation without fanfare or warning(悄无声息地), almost a footnote in the UK prime minister’s first speech as leader to his governing Labour party’s annual conference last week. But Andy Burnham has kicked off(开启、启动) a quiet U-turn(政策大转向) on Brexit.
上周，在英国首相作为工党领袖首次向执政党工党年会发表演讲时，这句话被悄然抛入全国性讨论，几乎没有引起任何关注，几乎只是一句脚注。但安迪·伯纳姆已经悄然开启了一场脱欧政策的大转向。
By stating bluntly that the decision to leave Europe’s core political community had done “more harm than good”, Burnham broke a taboo in his own party, in effect, discarding his predecessor’s paralysing ‘red lines’ on Europe, and signalling he will not be bound by these constraints after the next British election.(伯纳姆直言脱欧弊大于利，打破了党内禁忌，抛弃了前任的束缚性红线，并暗示下届大选后不再受其约束。)
伯纳姆直言不讳地表示，离开欧洲核心政治共同体的决定“弊大于利”，从而打破了党内的禁忌，实际上抛弃了前任在欧洲问题上令人束手束脚的“红线”，并暗示下届英国大选后他将不再受这些约束。
Over the coming six weeks Burnham will gauge(评估、判断) public support before setting out(列出、阐述) options for the UK’s long term relationship with the UK’s largest market. Rejoining the 27-nation bloc(集团) will be one of them. Burnham is opening the door to(为……打开大门) Britain reversing Brexit.
未来六周，伯纳姆将评估公众支持度，然后列出英国与这个英国最大市场之间长期关系的各种选项。重新加入这个27国集团将是选项之一。伯纳姆正在为英国逆转脱欧打开大门。