This seems to be why, although it has only a small lead of 2-4 percentage points in the polls, the center-left Labour Party has had the best of the campaign. Labour’s leader, Ed Miliband, was widely derided last year as weak, unconvincing, and unlikeable; but, perhaps benefiting from low expectations, he has looked steadily more credible and statesmanlike as the campaign has gone on.
这似乎也是为何中左翼的工党似乎更占优势的原因，虽然在当前民调中他们仅仅领先2~4个百分点。工党领导人埃德·米利班德（Ed Miliband）在去年看来还是个优柔寡断,不招人喜欢的家伙；但或许得益于原本不高的预期，他的形象也随着竞选的不断推进而日渐变得更可信也更具政治家风范了。