Was this Andy Burnham’s budget – the bold vision of a new prime minister who burns with a passion to topple “40 years of neoliberalism”? Fat chance(想得美；几乎不可能). Was it John Healey’s budget – the repair job of a cautious chancellor fretting about record-high taxes, £3tn of public debt and an economy stuck in first gear?(那这是约翰·希利的预算吗——一位谨慎的财政大臣为创纪录的高税负、3万亿英镑公共债务和一辆挂着一挡的经济而发愁，所做的修补工作？) Little sign of that.
这是安迪·伯纳姆的预算吗——一位新首相满怀激情、誓要推翻“四十年新自由主义”的大胆愿景？想得美。那这是约翰·希利的预算吗——一位谨慎的财政大臣忧心于创纪录的高税负、3万亿英镑公共债务和一辆挂着一挡的经济，所做的修补工作？也几乎看不出迹象。
This budget was cast in the image of a man who isn’t in Burnham’s government or even a Labour politician – but who appears almost every day on TV, on podcasts and is probably better known than 649 of the MPs at Westminster.(这份预算却是照着一个人的模样打造的：他既不在伯纳姆的政府里，甚至不是工党政客——但他几乎天天出现在电视和播客上，知名度恐怕高过威斯敏斯特649名议员中的绝大多数。) Today’s budget was the Martin Lewis budget.
这份预算却是照着一个人的模样打造的：他既不在伯纳姆的政府里，甚至不是工党政客——但他几乎天天出现在电视和播客上，知名度恐怕高过威斯敏斯特649名议员中的绝大多数。今天的预算，就是马丁·刘易斯的预算。
Lewis is the MoneySavingExpert, whose weekly Money Tips email advises 10 million British subscribers(订阅者；订户) on cheap mortgages, Black Friday deals and how to score two pizzas for £10. Tips and tricks to stave off(暂时抵挡；延缓) rising prices and make the most of(充分利用) the money you have. Given that the Bayeux tapestry is French, and the Koh-i-noor is Indian, Lewis may be the closest thing Britain has to a genuine national treasure.
刘易斯就是那个“省钱专家”，他的每周“省钱贴士”邮件为1000万英国订户支招：哪里有便宜的房贷、黑色星期五怎么捡漏、怎样花10英镑拿下两个披萨。全是些抵挡涨价、把手头钱用到极致的小窍门。考虑到贝叶挂毯其实是法国的、光之山钻石其实是印度的，刘易斯或许算得上英国最接近“真正国宝”的人物了。