4月6日,英国首相布朗宣布议会选举将在5月6日举行,对参选各党而言,竞选的核心问题是经济。为此我们选译了这篇对世界经济危机爆发以来英国经济态势进行分析的文章。文章倾向性极为明显,对布朗执政的不满、对保守党领袖卡梅伦的支持充溢字里行间,但该文有助于了解英国经济的历史、现状极其特点及大选前英国的社会氛围。 On April 6, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the parliamentary election will be held on May 6, and the core issue for the election of all parties is the economy. To this end, we have chosen to translate this article on the analysis of the economic situation in Britain since the outbreak of the global economic crisis. The article’s tendency is extremely obvious. The dissatisfaction with Brown’s administration and the support for Conservative leader Cameron are filled with words and phrases, but the article helps to understand the history of the British economy, the extremely characteristic of the status quo and the British social atmosphere before the election.