英国政府正将责任推卸到我们的家门口，同时却为那些让我们离危机更近的政策开绿灯。你介意修好国民医疗服务体系（NHS）吗？顺便，你能否在你的花园里建一套反导弹系统？然后监管银行，更换供水主管道，对超级富豪征税，并用所得收入重建我们的学校。来吧，各位：你们在等什么？
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it, could you please build an anti-missile system in your garden? Then regulate the banks, replace the water mains, tax the very rich and use the proceeds to rebuild our schools. Well, come on people: what are you waiting for?
我虽然有所夸张，但这与政府“准备”（Prepare）运动所采取的方法相去不远。那些远超个人行动范围的关键职能被推卸到我们家门口，而掌权者却未能采取行动。结果，我们的国家韧性 arguably 低于二战以来的任何时期。在上周的工党大会上，安迪·伯纳姆承诺要建设“一个让人们再次感到国家支持他们的英国”。为了兑现这一承诺，他几乎必须改变一切。乔治·莫比奥特是《卫报》专栏作家
I exaggerate, but this isn’t very far from the approach taken by the government’s Prepare campaign. Crucial functions, way beyond the scope of individual action, are dumped on our doorsteps while those in power fail to act. As a result, our national resilience is arguably lower than at any time since the second world war. At the Labour conference last week, Andy Burnham promised “a Britain where people feel the country has got their back again”. To make good on that pledge, he will have to change almost everything. George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist