作者：哈里·法利（Harry Farley）自由民主党议员们对其党魁对养老金三重锁（pension triple lock）的辩护提出了批评。
By Harry Farley Liberal Democrat MPs have criticised their party leader over his defence of the pension triple lock.
自由民主党的高层前座议员们私下抨击了党魁爱德·戴维爵士（Sir Ed Davey），起因是他对首相调整该政策计划的回应。该政策保证国家养老金每年根据通货膨胀率、工资增长率或2.5%（以最高者为准）进行上调。
Senior Lib Dems, who are on the party's frontbench, have privately attacked Sir Ed Davey for his response to the prime minister's plans to adjust the policy, which guarantees the state pension goes up each year in line with either inflation, wage increases, or 2.5% – whichever is highest.
他们加入了党内外其他人士自发提出的公开和私下批评，其中一人表示，大多数自民党议员都不同意他们党魁的看法。
They joined unsolicited criticism in public and private from others in the party, with one saying the majority of Lib Dem MPs disagree with their leader.
在此之前，爱德爵士告诉BBC，取消三重锁“会让更多退休人员陷入贫困”。
It comes after Sir Ed told the BBC removing the triple lock "would put more pensioners into poverty".
他在接受《今日》节目采访时表示：“这意味着现在努力工作的千禧一代，在他们退休时将获得非常微薄的养老金。”
"This would mean people who are working hard now - the millennials - when they retire would have a very poor pension," he told the Today programme.
根据安迪·伯恩汉姆（Andy Burnham）的计划——他希望该计划能在2030年代末之前每年筹集150亿英镑——从2030年起，国家养老金与平均收入自动挂钩的机制将被取消，改为国家养老金至少随2.5%或通胀率中较高者增长。
Under Andy Burnham's plan - which he hopes will raise £15bn a year by the end of the 2030s - the automatic annual link with average earnings would be removed from 2030 so the state pension rises with at least 2.5% or inflation, whichever is higher.
爱德爵士说：“他的提案是为了应对下一个十年的社会护理问题，而这个问题现在就需要解决。”他说：“这有点像是一种感觉上的东西，而不是一个解决方案。”
"His proposals are to deal with social care in the next decade when it needs to be done now," Sir Ed said. "It's a little bit of a vibe. It's not a solution," he said.
然而，目前来自不同层级的多名自民党人已经对爱德爵士的回应提出了批评。
But multiple Lib Dems at different levels have now criticised Sir Ed's response.
一名自民党议员在爱德爵士接受采访后联系了BBC，称议会党团中的多数人不会支持反对伯恩汉姆对三重锁的修改。
A Lib Dem MP contacted the BBC after Sir Ed's interview to say the majority of the parliamentary party would not support opposing Burnham's changes to the triple lock.
另一位代表哈罗格特和奈尔斯堡（Harrogate & Knaresborough）的议员汤姆·戈登（Tom Gordon）表示，爱德爵士对伯恩汉姆调整三重锁计划的批评是“无稽之谈”，并且“是在对整整一代人进行精神控制（gaslighting），让他们相信这是为了我们的利益”。
Another, Tom Gordon, who represents Harrogate & Knaresborough, said Sir Ed's criticism of Burnham's plan to adjust the triple lock was "nonsense" and "gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit".
他在X平台上写道：“认为我们保留三重锁是为了帮助千禧一代的想法，往好了说是异想天开，往坏了说是彻头彻尾的侮辱。我是作为一个千禧一代说这话的。”他补充道：“告诉千禧一代我们保留三重锁是为了在30年后帮助我们，这简直是无稽之谈。”
He wrote on X: "The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial." He added: "Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense.
“我们很可能会成为第一代生活比父母更糟糕的年轻人：我们无法进入房地产市场，需要支付更高的税款，还要不断偿还那些似乎永远也还完不了的学生贷款；由于生活成本过高，我们甚至不得不推迟生育孩子的计划。”
"We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living."
米德多塞特和北普尔选区的保守党议员维基·斯莱德在《Bluesky》节目中表示：“大多数千禧一代认为退休后自己将无法获得国家养老金，因此这些政策显然是没有为他们考虑过的。”她补充说，当保守党与自由民主党联合政府在2010年推出这项养老金政策时，她曾感到“自豪”，“但我们必须为未来做准备，而不是盲目崇拜过去。”
Vikki Slade, the party's MP for Mid-Dorset and North Poole, said on Bluesky: "Most millennials don't think there will be a state pension when they retire so this isn't being done with them in mind." She added that she was "proud" of the triple lock when it was introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2010, "but we must plan for future not venerate the past".
一位自由民主党发言人表示：“这项养老金政策一直存在争议；虽然它确实带来了一些积极影响，但其目标尚未完全实现。因此，工党的新政策很可能会让许多在职劳动者在退休后陷入贫困。”
A Lib Dem spokesperson said: "The triple lock has always been controversial. "It's done a lot of good but its job isn't done yet, so Labour's plan would push too many of today's workers into poverty when they retire.
他们希望安迪·伯纳姆能重新参与政策讨论，以便共同找到一个可持续的社会福利体系——一个不会让那些经济最困难的人来承担额外负担的解决方案。自由民主党及其他反对党正在努力应对伯纳姆领导下的工党提出的新政策要求。
"We want Andy Burnham to get back around the table so that we can find a lasting consensus on social care with a sustainable funding model - not one pulled out of the pockets of a group of people who can least afford it." The Lib Dems, and other opposition parties, are battling to respond to a new set of priorities from the Labour government under Burnham.
在伯纳姆发表工党大会演讲后，一位自由民主党议员对BBC表示：“今晚，我们中的许多人都在感到困惑：因为这位工党领袖的言论比我们自己更符合自由民主党的价值观。”他们提到了伯纳姆在选举改革、社会福利以及与欧洲关系方面的承诺——这些都是自由民主党近年来一直倡导的重点议题。
One frontbench Lib Dem MP told the BBC after Burnham's Labour conference speech: "Lots of us [are] struggling tonight with [a] Labour leader articulating Lib Dem values better than we do." They pointed to Burnham's promises on electoral reform, social care, the water industry, and relations with Europe - all Lib Dem campaign points in recent years.
另一位自由民主党议员坦言：“说实话，我对当前的状况感到极度绝望。”
"I'm honestly utterly despondent with the state of things," another Lib Dem MP said.
一些自由民主党高层人士认为，埃德·伯纳姆作为党领袖的地位早已岌岌可危；尽管他们强调目前还没有迫在眉睫的挑战，但他们认为任何有能力的候选人都有可能在未来轻易取代他。
Some senior Lib Dems believe Sir Ed's position as leader has been vulnerable for some time, even if they stressed no challenge is imminent. "A plausible candidate could take him tomorrow in a bloodless coup," one prominent party figure said.
但据我所知，那个人尚未露面。没有人会在没有明确计划来填补空缺的情况下，去炸毁任何东西。跟上威斯敏斯特及其周边地区的内部运作。
"But that person hasn't yet revealed themselves as far as I'm aware. Nobody is going to blow anything up without a clear plan to put something in its place." to keep up with the inner workings of Westminster and beyond.