Until recently, my politically obsessed friends in America did not express much interest in British elections. No wonder. Although the iconic figure of Margaret Thatcher had inspired fascination a few decades ago, as had, a little later, the white-toothed Tony Blair, the 2015 British election elicited barely a yawn. Westminster politicians — men such as David Cameron — seemed too dull to hold any lessons for the US.
直到不久前,我那些癡迷于政治的美國朋友們還從沒表現(xiàn)過對英國大選有太多興趣。這一點(diǎn)也不奇怪。盡管幾十年前的標(biāo)志性人物瑪格麗特?撒切爾(Margaret Thatcher),以及她之后不久的一口白牙的托尼?布萊爾(Tony Blair)都曾大放異彩,但是2015年的英國大選可以說讓人哈欠連天。威斯敏斯特(Westminster)的政客——戴維?卡梅倫(David Cameron)等人——似乎太過乏味,不足以讓美國有任何借鑒。