The comments follow press reports that Her Majesty was concerned about the prospect of Scottish independence. It also follows a statement from First Minister Alex Salmond, who said the Queen will be proud to be the monarch of an independent Scotland. 声明发布前,媒体曾报道女王陛下对苏格兰独立后的前景感到担忧。苏格兰首席部长亚历克斯萨蒙德也曾在此前说过女王会为成为独立后的苏格兰君主感到自豪。
There were also warnings that Mr Salmond hopes to asset-strip Britains armed forces if he wins. 也有消息称萨蒙德如果取得胜利希望剥除英国武装部队。
The price of SNP support for Labour would presumably be precisely what Mr Salmond outlines: fiscal autonomy for Scotland along with fiscal insurance for Scotland by the rest of the UK. 苏格兰民族党支持工党的价码想必正是萨尔蒙德所概述的:苏格兰既得到财政自主权,又得到英国其他地区为其提供的财政保险。
Mr Salmond claims that separation is the best guarantee of future prosperity. 萨尔蒙德宣称,独立是未来繁荣的最佳保证。
Mr Salmond, a consummate politician, will play to the mood of anti-politics that carried the UK Independence party to victory in the European elections. 萨尔蒙德是个完美的政客,他会利用民众的反政治情绪。英国独立党(UKIndependenceParty)在欧洲议会选举中取胜,靠的就是这股情绪。
Mr Salmond has built his argument for independence around a cuddly, inclusive pitch that eschews the angry politics of anti-English grievance. 萨尔蒙德倡导独立的论调一直是温情的、包容的,回避了愤怒的反英格兰式悲情政治(politicsofgrievance,指煽动和利用民众的委屈感为自己争取票数&译者注)。
Now there is a rum thought: Mr Salmond lost the battle but the English may yet concede the war. 如今有一种奇怪的看法:萨尔蒙德输掉了一场战斗,但英格兰人可能输掉整场战争。
Mr Salmond seems to believe that, even as Scotland breaks away from the UK, it can inherit all the opt-outs negotiated by the Westminster government. 萨尔蒙德似乎相信,即使苏格兰从英国分裂出去,苏格兰依然能继承英国政府达成的所有关于自主事项的条款。
Mr Salmond, a seasoned operator, has exploited the populist mood. 萨尔蒙德是个老道的操纵者,他一直在利用这种民粹主义情绪。
Mr Salmond can tug on the emotions of his fellow countrymen but he has given few credible answers about the challenges – economic, social and international – which would face Scotland. 萨尔蒙德可以利用同胞的感情,但对于苏格兰可能面临的经济、社会和国际方面的挑战,他没有给出多少可信的答案。
Mr Salmond stands aloof from personal attacks but has done little to counter them. 萨尔蒙德没有参与人身攻击,但也没有做什么来阻止人身攻击。
Mr Salmond insists the English establishment is bluffing. 萨尔蒙德坚称,英格兰当权派是在危言耸听。
Almost as depressing as the politics of grievance now surfacing in Scotland is the shrug of indifference the campaign has stirred in the rest of the UK. If Mr Salmond does win the day, such nonchalance will seem more than irresponsible. 几乎与悲情政治在苏格兰抬头同样令人沮丧的是,英国其余地方对苏格兰独立公投显得无动于衷。如果那天萨尔蒙德真的赢了,那么这种冷漠态度就不只是显得不负责任了。
But when Mr. Salmond, who watched him win Wimbledon last year, celebrated by unfurling a Scottish flag for the cameras, Mr. Murray was not amused. 但去年萨尔蒙德看到他赢得温布尔登公开赛后,对着镜头展开一面苏格兰旗帜以示庆祝,穆雷却并不高兴。
Beyond insisting that Scotland will banish the Trident nuclear missile system from the Clyde and that it will not be drawn into conflicts in the Middle East, Mr Salmond does not have a foreign policy for his new state. 除了坚称苏格兰会将三叉戟(Trident)核导弹系统从克莱德(Clyde)海军基地撤出,以及苏格兰不会卷入中东争端以外,萨尔蒙德没有为他的新国家提出一套外交政策。
Mr Salmond cannot be sure of winning if the choice posed in his promised referendum is a straightforward one between the status quo and independence. 如果在萨尔蒙德承诺举行的全民公决中,给出的选项只有“维持现状”和“独立”两个,那么公决结果不一定会合他的心意。
SCOTTISH Tory peer has accused Alex Salmond of seeking to sabotage a Westminster-backed independence referendum – as another lord appeared to liken the First Minister to Robert Mugabe. 亚历克斯·萨蒙德的保守党同僚指责他对威斯敏斯特支持的独立公投搞破坏,并将他比作罗伯特·穆加贝一样的首席大臣。
Mr Salmond is in a different class. 萨尔蒙德则是另一类领袖。
ENERGY giants have been warned to rethink investing in Scotland after a leading finance group raised fears over independence and its impact on Alex Salmond's "unaffordable" flagship renewables policy. 能源巨头们被警告说,要慎重考虑在苏格兰的投资,因为一大金融集团对苏格兰的独立及亚历克斯·萨蒙德的新能源政策的担忧日益加剧。
But there are two wild cards the considerable political skills of Alex Salmond, the SNP leader and Scottish first minister, and the unpopularity of the UK coalition government in Scotland. 但有两个可能改变大势的因素苏格兰民族党党魁、苏格兰首席大臣亚历克斯萨尔蒙德(alexsalmond)高超的政治手腕,以及英国联合政府在苏格兰的惨淡人气。
Though Mr Salmond claims Scotland would enjoy automatic EU membership, European Commission lawyers are doubtful. 尽管萨尔蒙德声称苏格兰会自动享有欧盟成员资格,但欧盟的律师们对此有怀疑。