Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party never promised much excitement. What it did seem to offer was stability and grown-up government, sorely lacking under recent Conservative predecessors. This week’s self-generated crisis over the prime minister’s leadership and a startling Budget U-turn have shredded Labour’s claim to quiet competence. They ratchet up the jeopardy around a Budget that was already crucial to the government’s fortunes and those of the country.
基尔•斯塔默爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)领导的工党从未承诺带来多少激情；它看似提供的是在近来保守党政府所欠缺的稳定与成熟治理。本周围绕首相领导力的自我制造危机，以及令人错愕的预算大转弯，撕碎了工党对“沉稳称职”的主张。它们放大了围绕这份预算的风险——而这份预算本已对政府与国家的前景至关重要。
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