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，我那些痴迷于政治的美国朋友们还从没表现过对英国大选有太多兴趣。这一点也不奇怪。尽管几十年前的标志性人物玛格丽特•撒切尔(Margaret Thatcher)，以及她之后不久的一口白牙的托尼•布莱尔(Tony Blair)都曾大放异彩，但是2015年的英国大选可以说让人哈欠连天。威斯敏斯特(Westminster)的政客——戴维•卡梅伦(David Cameron)等人——似乎太过乏味，不足以让美国有任何借鉴。
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