Politics abhors equilibrium as much as nature abhors a vacuum; and undoubtedly, tensions within the coalition, as well as outside it, will surface. Still, possibly the British mood portends a wider change of climate for Western liberal democracies, and the onset of a new, less indulgent era.
很难说这种团结的气氛能持续多久。政治厌恶平衡，正如自然界厌恶真空；毫无疑问，联盟内部以及外部的矛盾将逐渐浮现。但英国人当前的情绪预示着西方自由民主气候的重大转折，以及一个更少纵容的新时代的开始。