上次來這裏時，我是英國反對黨領導人。
後來我們有了大選，它產生了保守黨和自民黨聯合政府……工黨現在成了反對黨，其憲法職責是公開問責新政=府。
事實上，在今天這個周三下午，要不是我在北京的話，就得準備每周的下院首相質詢，議員們可以就所有**政策向我任意發問。
英國政-府永遠從屬于法治，這些是對政=府的製約。
有時它會讓人沮喪，但我們認為，這最終會使我們的政=府更好，國家更強。
通過媒體，公眾可直接聽到與政=府相左的意見，這有時可能很麻煩，但公眾對影響我們社=會的問題越了解，最終政=府就越容易作出理智決定，製定出贏得民心的有力政策。
我在英國當首相都沒有專門的廚師為我做飯，隻能去內閣蹭飯。
不僅如此，每年收入全部公開。
每周兩周還要去下院接受質詢，基本回來滿臉都口水。
我要是進了老百姓家，抱著老百姓哭。
第二天泰晤士報的標題會是英國首相以無恥的眼淚換取選票。
而太陽報的標題則會是英國首相和私生子相認。
tuesday 9 november XX
pm’s speech at beida university, china
a transcript of speech given by the prime minister at the beida university in china on 9 november XX.
read the transcipt:
[check against delivery]
introduction
twenty five years ago i came to hong kong as a student.
the year was 1985.
deng xiaoping and margaret thatcher had recently signed the historic joint declaration.
the remarkable story of the successful handover of hong kong
and the great progress hong kong has continued to make
is an example to the world of what can be achieved when two countries cooperate in confidence and with mutual respect.
since then, china has changed almost beyond recognition.
china’s national anthem famously calls on the people of china to stand up
qi lai qi lai (stand up, stand up)
today the chinese people are not just standing up in their own country
they are standing up in the world.
no longer can people talk about the global economy
without including the country that has grown on average ten per cent a year for three decades.
no longer can we talk about trade…
without the country that is now the world’s largest exporter and third largest importer
and no longer can we debate energy security or climate change
without the country that is one of the world’s biggest consumer of energy.
china is on course to reclaim, later this century, its position as the world’s biggest economy
the position it has held for 18 of the last 20 centuries.
and an achievement of which the chinese people are justly proud.
put simply: china has re-emerged as a great global power.
threat or opportunity
now people can react to this in one of two ways.
they can see china’s rise as a threat
or they can see it as an opportunity.