观点新型冠状病毒

Boris Johnson’s illness has made him more powerful
约翰逊因染病逆转政治危机


施里姆斯利:新冠危机原本可能毁掉英国首相的政治前途,但他的重病却强化了他与民众的纽带,为他补充了政治资本。

A strange thing happened last week. An awful lot of British voters discovered they were much more attached to Boris Johnson than they realised. Since Brexit, the UK prime minister has been a divisive figure, but his struggle with Covid-19 left all but his most partisan foes shocked, scared and desperate for news of recovery. One ex-cabinet colleague observed: “It reminded people of why they liked him when he was mayor of London.”

上周发生了一件怪事。有非常多的英国选民发现,他们比自己意识到的更喜爱英国首相鲍里斯•约翰逊(Boris Johnson)。自英国退欧后,约翰逊成为了一个争议性人物,但是除了他最顽固的敌人以外,他与病魔——新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19,即2019冠状病毒病)的搏斗,让所有人感到震惊、恐惧,并急迫地等待他康复的消息。一名前内阁同事评论道:“这让人们回想起,在他还是伦敦市长的时候,他们为什么喜欢他。”

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