The tectonic plates of British politics have shifted as they do only once every couple of decades. In one parliamentary term, Labour has gone from defeated hard-left rump to landslide centre-left victor. Its breakthrough reflects, in truth, more a humiliating rebuke across the UK of the Conservatives’ 14 years in power than an enthusiastic embrace of Sir Keir Starmer’s party. But the scale of the majority it has secured under Britain’s electoral system bestows on Labour an extraordinary opportunity, and a great responsibility: to rebuild integrity in UK politics, and to demonstrate that competent, moderate government can still deliver for voters.
英国政治的构造板块已经发生了一次几十年才会发生一次的变动。在一个议会任期内，工党从被击败的极左派残余变成了压倒性的中左派胜利者。它的突破实际上更多地反映了英国对保守党在14年执政期间的羞辱性指责，而不是对基尔•斯塔默爵士领导的工党的热情拥抱。但是，在英国的选举制度下获得的绝对多数给予了工党一个非凡的机会和巨大的责任：重建英国政治的诚信，并证明胜任、温和的政府仍然能够为选民提供成果。