Finally, as far as policy is concerned, we Britons have deluded ourselves to think that our system of government – increasingly shown to be unrepresentative, inefficient, and over-centralized – could survive with a little tinkering here and there.
最后，就政策而言，我们英国人自欺欺人地相信我们的政府体系可以通过零敲碎打的修补生存下去。而事实上，这一体系的代表性越来越低，越来越低效，越来越过度集中。