The speech was Cameron’s answer to the recent defections of two of his Conservative Party MPs to the anti-EU, anti-immigration UK Independence Party, which he fears could steal Conservative votes in the general election next May. But, as clever as the speech was, it is unlikely to succeed in beating back UKIP – and it leaves the British debate about EU membership focused on the wrong issue.
这次演讲是卡梅伦对两名他所在的保守党议员倒戈投向反欧盟、反移民的英国独立党（UK Independence Party）的回应。他担心这可能偷走保守党在明年5月大选中的选票。但是，尽管这次演讲相当聪明，却无法成功地回击英国独立党——也导致英国关于欧盟成员地位的争论搞错了关注点。