In recent years, the tail has tended to wag the dog in the UK, with Cameron kowtowing to the fanatically anti-European wing of his Conservative Party, if only to hold the pro-withdrawal UK Independence Party at bay. But now that his own authority has been strengthened significantly by his victory, with the UKIP emerging as the election’s biggest loser, he can now step forward as the pragmatic but committed European that he truly is.
近几年来，卡梅伦在英国可谓低三下四，摇尾乞怜于他所在的保守党中的反欧洲死硬派，以此阻止主张退出欧盟的英国独立党（UK Independence Party）得势。但如今，选举胜利让卡梅伦自身的权力大大得到了加强，而英国独立党成为选举的最大输家。他可以更进一步，表明自己务实但“欧洲”的真实立场。