There’s an undying story about Britain that goes like this: in 1940, uncomplaining Brits saved the world from Hitler. Then they lived happily and conservatively until their country was taken over by Brussels and swamped by immigrants. This story of paradise lost gets retold at every British election. The novel twist of the coming election, on May 7, is that the story will be told most effectively not by the Conservatives but by the anti-immigrant UK Independence party.
有一个关于英国的奇葩故事是这样的:1940年,无怨无悔的英国人从希特勒手中拯救了世界。之后他们过着幸福而传统的生活——直至自己的国家被欧盟接管,并且被大量移民搞得拥挤不堪。每次英国大选时,这个“失乐园”的故事都会被重述。对于5月7日将要举行的大选,新变化在于,最能成功讲述这个故事的不是保守党(Conservatives),而是反移民的英国独立党(UK Independence party)。