Perhaps an alliance between Conservatives and Liberals – the two parties ostensibly farthest apart in their views – confounded everyone out of their certainties. This in itself may be no bad thing.
或许，是保守党和自由党——这两个表面上政见南辕北辙的政党——的结盟让外界一时犯了迷糊，不知如何应对。这种状况可能不会是件坏事。但如今这种英国剧作家大卫·海亚曾经所谓的“战争缺席”状态则意味着：英国的政治板块已经发生了位移。