奈杰尔·法拉奇声称，安迪·伯纳姆通过重新引发关于脱欧的讨论，为他“提供了职业生涯中最大的支持”；这位“改革英国”（Reform UK）党的领导人表示，这一讨论为他的政党重新打开了新的发展机会。
Nigel Farage has claimed that Andy Burnham has given him “the biggest boost in my career” by reviving the Brexit debate which the Reform UK leader said had reopened a “huge flank” to his party.
法拉奇指出，首相在工党大会上所做的承诺，以及他周三承认政府会考虑重新加入欧盟的可能性，这些因素都让他重新回到了政治辩论的舞台。
The prime minister’s pledges to the Labour conference and admission on Wednesday that rejoining the EU was among options the government would look at had put “put me back into the debate”, he said.
在参加自上个月党代会以来首次大型集会之前，法拉奇看起来神采奕奕、心情放松。他对记者表示，他非常享受重新使用那些在2016年公投期间曾使用过的辩论策略。
Looking tanned and relaxed before his party’s first major rally since its conference last month, Farage indicated to reporters that he was relishing a return to the playbook that he and others deployed during the 2016 referendum. Dismissing polls showing that as much as 59% of the public favoured rejoining the EU, Farage told the Guardian: “Of course they do, until you tell them it’ll cost 25bn quid a year, until you tell him it’ll mean joining Schengen [the area of Europe that has open borders], until he tells them it will mean actually having to recommit to joining the euro.
对于那些显示多达59%的公众支持重新加入欧盟的民意调查结果，法拉奇回应《卫报》称：“当然他们会支持，直到你告诉他们这每年会花费250亿英镑，直到你告诉他们这意味着要加入申根区（一个实行开放边境的欧洲地区），直到你告诉他们这意味着必须重新承诺加入欧元区……”他继续说道：“要知道，那些主张脱欧的人自2016年以来就再也没有提出过新的论据；而那些支持留在欧盟的人每周都在不断发表自己的观点。事实上，我认为伯纳姆在这里犯了一个严重的政治错误。”
“Remember that the leavers haven’t made their arguments since 2016. The ‘remoaners’ have made their arguments every single week. I mean, do you know what? I actually think that Burnham has made a very big political mistake here.”
法拉奇的这番讲话是在南约克郡的唐卡斯特市举行的集会上进行的，这是“改革英国”党在英国各地举办的一系列集会中的第一场，这些集会的主题是讨论该党在执政后的前100天内将采取的行动。
Farage was speaking before a rally in the South Yorkshire city of Doncaster, the first of a series Reform is holding around Britain on the theme of what the party would do in its first 100 days of government.
虽然“改革英国”（Reform UK）党的领导人表示，他认为伯纳姆（Burnham）提出的关于欧盟的新言论可能有助于从绿党手中夺回大城市的选民，但法拉奇（Farage）却指出：“在唐卡斯特（Doncaster）以及英格兰北部和中部地区的那些‘红色选区’（即保守党传统优势地区），伯纳姆实际上为我们打开了一个巨大的机会。”
While the Reform UK leader said he believed Burnham had calculated that new language on the EU might help win back voters from the Greens in big cities, Farage added: “Here in Doncaster and across the ‘red wall’ in the north and Midlands, I think he’s opened up a huge flank to us.”
在唐卡斯特赛马场举行的集会上，数百名“改革英国”党的支持者欢呼雀跃；法拉奇宣布：“今天，我们的大选竞选活动正式开始了。”当法拉奇表示他非常期待能在唐卡斯特这样的‘红色选区’与伯纳姆就重新加入欧盟的问题展开辩论时，现场欢呼声更加热烈。
To cheers from hundreds of Reform supporters who gathered inside an event space at Doncaster racecourse, Farage said: “Today I’m back on the road and today is when our general election campaign starts.”There were even bigger cheers when Farage said he would relish – “Bring it on, I say” – the prospect of fighting Burnham in red wall areas such as Doncaster on the issue of rejoining the EU.
法拉奇说道：“你提供的帮助可能是我职业生涯中最大的支持。如果你正在观看，谢谢你，安迪（Andy）。”这场集会的主题是“拯救英国——还有100天的时间”。不过，“改革英国”党的内部人士称，首相的介入让他们重新振作起来，一些捐助者已经在讨论如何为2016年的竞选活动重新筹集资金。
“He might just have given me the biggest boost in my career I’ve ever had. Thank you, Andy, if you’re watching.”The focus of the rally – “100 days to save Britain” – had been planned before Burnham’s announcement about UK-EU relations. However, Reform sources claim that the prime minister’s intervention has energised them and that specific donors are already discussing how they can fund a rerun of the 2016 campaign.
与此同时，法拉奇强烈暗示，该党内部针对捐款争议的调查将会证明两名关键助手的无辜；同时，他还表示将对相关记者采取法律行动。
Meanwhile, Farage strongly hinted that Reform’s internal inquiry into the donations controversy that has overshadowed the party this year would absolve two key aides and that legal action would be launched against journalists involved.
法拉奇表示自己已经看到了调查报告的结论，并称报告的公布“即将进行”：“调查已经完成，很快就会向公众公开；我认为你们的一些同谋可能会面临法律诉讼。”
Indicating that he had already seen the report and knew its conclusions, Farage said its release was “imminent”.
在党代会前夕，“改革英国”党遭遇了重大打击：Channel 4 News的暗访节目曝光了法拉奇的一些团队成员试图规避有关外国捐款选举法规的情节。
“It’s been done. It’ll be out in public very soon and I think some of your co-conspirators might find themselves with one or two legal challenges,” he told a Channel 4 journalist among reporters who questioned him.
一群名为“Verbatim”的调查记者（该团队由“气候报道中心”创立）伪装成潜在的“改革党”支持者，以及这位支持者的富有美国父亲（该父亲属于被禁止的政治捐款人）。这位美国父亲为“改革党”支付了3万英镑用于委托民意调查，而这些民意调查最终对“改革党”有利。
Reform was rocked on the eve of its party conference after some of Farage’s team were filmed appearing to plot to avoid electoral laws on foreign donations in an undercover investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News. A group of investigative journalists called Verbatim, founded by the Centre for Climate Reporting, posed as a potential Reform supporter and his wealthy American father, an impermissible donor, who paid for £30,000 of polling commissioned by Reform and which benefited the party.
在Channel 4新闻的调查中，视频显示这位假冒的英国支持者还与“改革党”的政策负责人詹姆斯·奥尔（James Orr）进行了交谈；奥尔表示这些民意调查的费用将由这位美国父亲承担。
In Channel 4 News’s investigation, footage showed that the fake UK-based supporter also had conversations with Reform’s head of policy, James Orr, who talked about commissioning polling that would be paid for by the US-based father.
在另一场会议的录像中，法拉奇（Farage）的高级顾问丹·朱克斯（Dan Jukes）似乎暗示这位假冒的英国支持者，他的美国父亲可以通过他的儿子来向“改革党”进行大额捐款。
In footage of another meeting, a senior adviser to Farage, Dan Jukes, appeared to suggest to the fake UK-based supporter that his US-based father could make a substantial donation by channelling it through the son.
朱克斯否认了自己有任何不当行为；而奥尔则表示会“全力配合”该党的内部调查。
Jukes has denied “any wrongdoing” while Orr has said he would cooperate with the party’s internal investigation “fully”.
伦敦警察厅正在对“改革党”进行刑事调查，指控其违反了外国资金资助的相关法律。
The Metropolitan police are carrying out a criminal investigation into Reform over allegations it broke foreign funding laws.