两年前赢得很大，现在却要走人：英国首相，为什么干不下去了？

这件事，

This thing

发生在英国。

happened in Britain.

英国，

Britain

是一个很有名的国家。

is a very famous country,

在很远的西边。

far away in the west.

这件大事，

This big event

和英国，

is connected to Britain's

最大的官有关。

highest official.

英国最大的官，

Britain's highest official

叫首相。

is called the prime minister.

首相，

A prime minister

有点像别的国家的，

is a bit like, in other countries,

总统或者总理。

a president or a premier.

这个首相，

This prime minister's

名字叫斯塔默。

name is Starmer.

就在这个星期，

Just this week,

他说：

he said:

我不干了。

I'm done.

我要辞职。

I'm going to resign.

这件事，

This event —

为什么让人吃惊呢？

why is it surprising?

因为，

Because,

就在两年前，

just two years ago,

他还非常风光。

he was riding very high.

那时候，

At that time,

英国选新的领导。

Britain was choosing a new leader.

斯塔默，

Starmer

赢得非常大。

won by a huge margin.

很多很多人，

Very, very many people

都投票给他。

voted for him.

可以说，

You could say

他是带着大家的希望，

he, carrying everyone's hopes,

上台的。

came to power.

但是，

But

只过了两年，

after only two years,

情况就，

the situation

完全反过来了。

completely reversed.

今天的他，

The Starmer of today

非常不受欢迎。

is deeply unpopular.

那么，

So,

到底发生了什么？

what exactly happened?

第一个大问题，

The first big problem

是钱。

is money.

这两年，

These two years,

英国的东西，

things in Britain

越来越贵。

have gotten more and more expensive.

很多普通人，

Many ordinary people

觉得日子越来越难过。

feel life is harder and harder.

他们本来希望，

They had hoped

新首相能帮他们。

the new PM could help them.

但是，

But

日子并没有变好。

life did not get better.

慢慢地，

Slowly,

大家就，

people

对他失望了。

grew disappointed in him.

除了老百姓不满意，

Besides ordinary people being unhappy,

他自己这边的人，

the people on his own side

也开始离开他。

also began to leave him.

和他一起工作的，

Working alongside him,

很多重要的官，

many important officials

一个接一个地，

one after another

辞职了。

resigned.

有管医院的，

Some ran the hospitals,

也有管军队的。

some ran the army.

他们就像在说：

It was as if they were saying:

我们不想，

we don't want

再跟着你了。

to follow you anymore.

最后，

Finally,

还有一个人，

there's one more person,

特别关键。

especially crucial.

这个人，

This person

叫伯纳姆。

is called Burnham.

伯纳姆，

Burnham

是英国一个大城市的市长。

is the mayor of a big British city.

和斯塔默不一样，

Unlike Starmer,

他现在，

he is, right now,

非常受老百姓欢迎。

very popular with ordinary people.

就在这个星期，

Just this week,

他刚刚，

he had just

赢得了一场选举。

won an election.

现在，

Now,

很多人都觉得：

many people feel:

下一个首相，

the next prime minister

很可能就是他。

is very likely to be him.

前面有人逼，

Pushed from the front,

后面有人追，

chased from behind,

斯塔默，

Starmer

终于撑不住了。

finally couldn't hold on.

于是，

And so,

他选择了辞职。

he chose to resign.

说到这里，

Speaking of this,

我想和你聊一聊。

I'd like to talk with you.

两年前，

Two years ago,

他是万众期待的，

he was the long-awaited

大赢家。

big winner.

两年后，

Two years later,

他成了，

he became

不得不离开的人。

the one who had to leave.

在政治里，

In politics,

风向变得，

the wind can change

真的可以很快。

really very fast.

最后，

Finally,

我想问你一个问题：

I want to ask you a question:

如果你是领导，

if you were the leader,

当大家，

when people

开始对你失望的时候，

begin to lose faith in you,

你会选择，

would you choose

坚持到底，

to hold on to the end,

还是，

or

体面地，

to gracefully

转身离开？

turn and walk away?