– 在伦敦一个穆斯林团体组织的一场会议中，这场会议是在一场备受关注的补选前举行的，绿党和自由民主党候选人站在空着的座位旁，向居民们阐述自己的主张。而工党和保守党的候选人则并未出席。
– At a meeting organised by a Muslim group in London ahead of a closely watched by-election, candidates from the Green and Liberal Democrat parties made their cases to residents beside empty seats. Their Labour and Conservative peers did not turn up.
工党候选人萨加尔·阿卜迪·瓦利（Sagal Abdi Wali）是一位索马里裔穆斯林女性，她告诉《卫报》，自己未能出席是因为已有其他安排，而且邀请来得太晚。但活动组织者——卡姆登穆斯林网络（Camden Muslim Network）则反驳称，她其实更早之前就收到了邀请。
Labour candidate Sagal Abdi Wali, a Somali-Muslim woman, told The Guardian she did not attend because she had a prior obligation and the invite had come too late. But the organiser, the Camden Muslim Network, pushed back, saying that she was invited earlier.
共有15名候选人正在角逐前首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）留下的旧选区席位，其中包括绿党领袖扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski），他希望能成为议员。
Fifteen candidates are in the race for former Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s old seat, including Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, who hopes to become a member of parliament.
自1983年该选区在霍尔本和圣潘克拉斯设立以来，一直由工党掌控。斯塔默于2015年首次当选，并一直担任该席位议员，直到他辞职，从而引发了此次补选。
Since the seat was created in Holborn and St Pancras in 1983, the Labour Party has held it. Starmer was first elected in 2015 and held it until his resignation, which triggered the by-election.
在会议上，讨论话题从住房等本地问题，一直延伸到以色列与巴勒斯坦。
At the meeting, the conversation ranged from local issues such as housing to Israel and Palestine.
自由民主党候选人帕特里克·斯蒂尔曼（Patrick Stillman）表示，他的政党长期呼吁承认巴勒斯坦国地位，但不会支持全面抵制。但波兰斯基持不同看法。
Lib Dem candidate Patrick Stillman said his party had long called for Palestinian statehood but would not support a full boycott. But Polanski had a different opinion.
他说：“我认为工党政府的态度极其虚伪：一方面为加沙问题道歉，承认曾犯下错误，另一方面却继续向以色列出售武器，而这个国家正在实施种族灭绝。”他的话赢得了掌声。他还补充说，他的政党最近投票将犹太复国主义定义为种族主义，并支持全面抵制。“投票支持巴勒斯坦”在寄送给选区居民的传单中，绿党重点提及了阿卜迪·瓦利担任工党议员以及近期担任卡姆登议会领导人的经历——她于今年5月获得这一职位。
“I think the Labour government’s position is deeply cynical to apologise over Gaza, to recognise that mistakes have been made but to continue to sell arms to Israel, a country that’s committing a genocide,” he said to applause, adding that his party, which recently voted to describe Zionism as racism, supports a full boycott. ‘Vote Palestine’In leaflets sent to constituency residents, the Green Party focused on Abdi-Wali’s time as a Labour councillor and, more recently, as leader of Camden council – a role she secured in May.
其中一张传单上写着：“带来变革，取代工党，投票支持绿党”。背面则写着：“所有卡姆登的工党议员都拒绝签署支持巴勒斯坦的声明，也拒绝支持养老金基金撤资。只有绿党人继续坚定支持巴勒斯坦。”上个月，阿卜迪-瓦利就加沙问题和绿党的传单接受了当地报纸《卡姆登新报》的采访。
One reads: “Bring change, Replace Labour, Vote Green”. On its reverse: “Every single Camden Labour councillor refused to sign the Palestine solidarity pledge or support pension fund divestment Only Greens continue to stand firm on Palestine.”Last month, Abdi-Wali spoke to the Camden New Journal, a local newspaper, about Gaza and the Green Party’s leaflets.
她告诉该报，说工党议会对此事没有强烈立场是“明显不准确的”。“我想重点确保我们能够传达出[外交大臣]埃德·米利班德目前与政府一起，在巴勒斯坦、以色列、加沙和西岸问题上所采取的行动。”今年1月，卡姆登巴勒斯坦之友会（CFOP）——一个为回应以色列对加沙的种族灭绝战争而成立的当地组织——向地方议会提交了一份拥有4000人签名的请愿书，要求议会将其养老金基金从参与以色列在巴勒斯坦被占领土行动的公司中撤出。
It was “obviously inaccurate” to say the Labour council did not feel strongly about the issue, she told the paper. “I want to focus on making sure that we’re able to put the message of what [Foreign Secretary] Ed Miliband is now doing with the government and on Palestine and Israel and Gaza and the West Bank.”In January, Camden Friends of Palestine (CFOP), a local group that formed in response to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, presented a petition to the local council with 4,000 signatures calling for the council to divest its pension fund from companies involved in Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories.
当时身为工党议员的阿卜迪-瓦利并未支持这项动议。大多数议员没有承诺撤资，而是投票决定将此事提交给养老金委员会审议。
Abdi-Wali, then a Labour councillor, did not support the motion. Rather than committing to divestment, most councillors voted to refer the question to the pension board for review.
“我对她和她政治立场的印象是，只要没有职业上的利益驱动，她就对所有事情都保持极其沉默，这多少令人失望，”38岁的居民兼CFOP组织者沙丁说，他计划投票给波兰斯基。
“My impression of her and her politics is that she’s just really incredibly silent on everything, if there isn’t a career motive for her, and that’s kind of disappointing,” said 38-year-old Shadin, a resident and CFOP organiser, who plans to vote for Polanski.
“观看一场直播的种族灭绝，让许多我认识的人……都逐渐疏离于主流政治或议会政治。”和伦敦许多选区一样，住房问题也是一个关键议题。
“Watching a livestreamed genocide has made a lot of people that I know … disengage from mainstream politics or parliamentary politics”. Like many London constituencies, a key issue is housing.
根据卡姆登议会发布的《2026年 borough 状况》报告，截至2025年3月底，有8380户家庭在社会保障住房等候名单上，“比前一年增长了9.5%”。周五，在该选区较为富裕的普里姆罗斯山地区，一位居民表示将在即将到来的选举中投票给工党，而另一位居民则认为，无论谁获胜，生活都不会改变。
According to a “2026 state of the borough” report by Camden council, 8,380 households were on the waiting list for social housing at the end of March 2025, “an increase of 9.5 percent on the year before.”On Friday, in the constituency’s more affluent area of Primrose Hill, one resident said they would vote for Labour in the upcoming election, while another believed that regardless of who wins, life will not change.
在卡姆登，另一位居民告诉半岛电视台，尽管他们居住在该地区，但并不了解这次选举，因为背景中工党的竞选人员正四处敲门，试图进入附近的一个住宅区。
In Camden, another resident told Al Jazeera that while they live in the area, they were not aware of the election, as Labour canvassers buzzed to gain entry into a nearby estate in the background.
随着两大政党为争取胜利展开最后冲刺，近期的民意调查显示，此次选举将十分胶着。在2024年的大选中，斯塔默以49%的得票率赢得了该席位。
As both parties make their final efforts to secure victory, recent polls predict a close race. In the 2024 general election, Starmer won the seat with 49 percent.
亲巴勒斯坦的独立候选人安德鲁·费因斯坦以19%的得票率位居第二。英国博彩公司Ladbrokes和专门分析民意调查的Stats for Lefties均预测工党将获胜。
Andrew Feinstein a pro-Palestine independent candidate came second, with 19 percent. The British gambling firm Ladbrokes and Stats for Lefties, which examines polling, both predict Labour will win.