“我们必须认真对待伦敦”——保守党一位主要议员在党内考虑下一位首都市长候选人时如此表示。
"We need to treat London seriously" - the words of a leading Conservative MP as his party considers its next candidate to be mayor of the capital.
该党刚刚关闭了市长职位的候选人申请，目前已有四人公开宣布参选。
The party has just closed applications for the role and there are four runners who have openly declared.
在过去26年里，保守党在首都仅有一位市长，即鲍里斯·约翰逊，他曾赢得两次选举，任职时间为2008年至2016年。
In 26 years, the Tories have only had one mayor in the capital, Boris Johnson, who won two elections and served from 2008 to 2016.
自那以后，该党在三次选举中败给了萨迪克·汗，后者如今是图廷的汗勋爵。
The party has lost three elections since then to Sadiq Khan, now Lord Khan of Tooting.
伦敦影子部长加雷思·培根本周在伯明翰举行的保守党大会会议上表示，在过去两次选举中，他的政党将市长职位视为一种“象征性参选”，也就是说他们并未足够重视。
Gareth Bacon MP, shadow minister for London, told a meeting at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham this week that his party had treated the mayoralty like a "paper candidacy" in the past two elections - meaning that they hadn't taken it seriously enough.
培根称，该党曾“让苏珊·霍尔孤立无援”，这是指他们在2024年上次市长选举中的候选人，当时汗勋爵赢得了历史性的第三个市长任期。培根接着称汗勋爵“有毒且极具分裂性”。伦敦市长选举将于2028年5月举行。虽然距离选举还有18个多月，但竞选活动已经全面展开。英国改革党已于今年1月选出了他们的候选人莱拉·坎宁安。
Bacon said that the party had "cut Susan Hall adrift", a reference to their candidate in the last mayoral election in 2024, when Lord Khan won that historic third term as mayor. Bacon went on to describe Lord Khan as "toxic and divisive". The election for mayor of London will be held in May 2028. That is more than 18 months away, but the race is well under way. Reform UK selected their candidate, Leila Cunningham, in January.
里奇蒙公园选区议员莎拉·奥尔尼以及曾在2024年参选的罗布·布莱基，都是自由民主党提名的候选人。
Sarah Olney, MP for Richmond Park, and Rob Blackie, who ran in 2024, are both candidates for the Lib Dem nomination.
这一次，随着外界猜测现任市长是否会竞选第四个任期，保守党嗅到了机会。
This time round, with speculation about whether the current mayor will stand for a fourth term, the Conservatives sniff a chance.
在2026年5月的地方选举中，该党从工党手中夺回了威斯敏斯特和旺兹沃思等传统优势选区，因此他们认为公众情绪可能正在发生变化。
On the back of local elections in May 2026 when the party won back traditional strongholds like Westminster and Wandsworth from Labour, they feel the mood may be changing.
然而，赢得市长职位可能是一项过于艰巨的任务。结果很大程度上将取决于他们选择哪位候选人。那么，目前有哪些人正在角逐呢？
However, winning the mayoralty may be too big a task. Much of it will depend on who they choose as their candidate. So who's in the running?
作为潜在的领先候选人，布伦特里选区议员、前内政大臣兼外交大臣詹姆斯·克莱弗利正积极出席各类会议活动。
As the putative front runner, Braintree MP and former home secretary and foreign secretary James Cleverly has been working the conference circuit very hard.
曾任伦敦议会成员和伦敦消防局局长的人物，被许多保守党人视为“势在必得”的候选人。
Once a London Assembly member, and former head of the London Fire Authority, he is seen by many Tories as the 'shoo-in' candidate.
但他也带着一些“包袱”——他是一位脱欧派人物，在担任伦敦消防局局长期间监督过一项大规模裁剪计划。
But he will come with baggage - he is a Brexiteer and when he was head of London's Fire Authority oversaw a big cuts programme.
他告诉我：“我希望成为伦敦的真正守护者，而不仅仅是一位行政官员。我会确保人们在街上感到安全，能够为自己和家人建立起美好的生活，并负担得起生活在伦敦。”克利弗利表示，政党政治立场“不如一位具有真正计划、让伦敦再次成为我们引以为豪的城市的人更重要”。
He told me: "I hope to be a real champion for London, not just an administrator. I would make sure people are safe on the street and can really make a life for themselves and their families and can afford to live in London."
他补充说：“我希望赢得候选人提名，然后成为伦敦的真正守护者，而不仅仅是一位行政官员，更是一位真正的守护者。这座城市我爱它，这就是为什么我想出来竞选的。”阿金布索耶是伦敦政坛的新人，但并非伦敦的新人。
Cleverly said party political affiliations "are less important than someone with a real plan to make London a city we can be proud of again". He added: "I hope to get the candidacy and then be a real champion for London, not just an administrator but a real champion and it's the city I love and that's why I want to put myself forward."
他带着父母和姐姐从尼日利亚移民来英国，1991年13岁时定居于伦敦东部的坎宁镇。
Festus Akinbusoye is a relative newcomer to London politics, though not to the city.
阿金布索耶于2021年至2024年担任贝德福什郡警务和犯罪委员会主席，并于5月份当选为威斯敏斯特市议会议员。他告诉我：“我们不必接受这就是我们所能得到的最好的结果。”
He emigrated from Nigeria with his parents and sister at age 13 in 1991 and lived in Canning Town in east London. Akinbusoye was the Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner from 2021 to 2024 and was elected to Westminster City Council in May.
“我相信，我们不必接受仅因为我们是全球城市，伦敦就必须如此昂贵以至于人们无法在这里建立生活。”
He told me: "We do not have to accept that this is the best we can get.
“我想成为伦敦有史以来最支持警察、最支持造房、最支持商业、最支持家庭、最支持增长的市长。”
"I believe that we don't have to accept that just because we're a global city, London has got to be so unaffordable to build a life in.
“我们可以实现这一目标，因为伦敦之所以成功，是因为伦敦人在一起努力。”安德鲁·邦恩是现任伦敦议会主席。
"I want to be the most pro-policing, pro-house building, pro-business, pro-family, pro-growth mayor London has ever had. "We can make that happen because London works when Londoners work".
私下里，保守党人们开玩笑说：“没有他的市长选择就不算完整。”他自2008年以来一直担任议会成员。他们也知道他非常深入地思考首都的问题，特别是住房问题。为什么再次推举他的名字呢？
Andrew Boff is the current chair of the London Assembly. Privately, Conservatives joke that it wouldn't be a mayoral selection without him in it. He's been an assembly member since 2008. They also know he thinks very deeply about the capital's issues, particularly housing.
他告诉我：“我有一个非常雄心募的计划，那就是不告诉人们我有多爱伦敦——因为我希望所有候选人都热爱伦敦——但具体来说，我将要做的事情是这样的。”
Why put his name forward again?
“我们必须做的一件事是帮助解决家庭住房危机，因此我会确保我们为建造这些重要的家庭住房争取到更多的资金。”
He told me: "I've got a very ambitious programme of not telling people how much I love London - because I'm hoping all the candidates love London - but specifically what I'm going to do.
“我们需要更多地鼓励年轻人进行自建住房，因此我将为年轻人提供土地，让他们能够建造自己的家，而无需支付土地成本。”
"One of the things we've got to do is help the family housing crisis, so I will make sure we get more money for building those important family-sized homes.
波夫补充说：“我将取消乌拉斯的向外延伸。”公共事务专家亚历克斯·查伦告诉我，他从西部乡村来到伦敦时刚刚21岁，已经在这座城市生活了35年。
"We need more encouragement for young people to do self-building in housing, so I'll be making land available for young people to build their own homes without having to pay for the cost of the land." Boff added: "I'll get rid of the outward extension of the Ulez."
他说：“我认为作为一个党，我们面临着连续第四次赢或输的选择。”
Public affairs professional Alex Challoner told me he came to London from the West Country when he was 21 and has called the city his home for 35 years.
“如果我们认真对待赢得比赛，就必须提出一些最为大胆的政策，以吸引伦敦人。”
He said: "I think as a party, we have a choice between winning and losing for a fourth consecutive time.
“我提议在地铁闸机处打击逃票行为，引入英国交通警，并培训伦敦交通局的员工，以阻止人们闯闸而过。”他告诉我，他的计划名为“票务监控”，将使用“一个简单的报告工具，在TfL Go应用程序和在线上”，乘客可以在其中报告频繁逃票行为。
"If we're serious about winning we have to have some of the boldest policies that will appeal to Londoners. "I'm proposing a crackdown on fair dodgers at the Tube barriers by introducing British Transport Police, as well as training up Transport for London staff to stop people breaking through the barriers."
查伦还承诺将推出“一个可以在下午读完的伦敦计划”，以及“为健身房和伦敦啤酒厂减免增值税”。
He told me his plan, called Fare Watch, would use a "simple reporting tool in the TfL Go app and online" where passengers will be able to report persistent fare dodging.
竞逐保守党市长候选人的 hopefuls 将不得不等到11月才能知道他们是否进入了最终名单。据信，伦敦党成员随后将被提供两位候选人的选择。我被告知，最终的两位候选人可能将于11月20日宣布。
Challoner also pledged to introduce "a London Plan that you can read in an afternoon" as well as VAT cut "for gyms and London breweries". The hopefuls in the race to be the Conservative mayoral candidate will have to wait until November to find out if they've made the final shortlist. It is believed that London party members will then be offered a choice of two candidates.
最初拟定的日期为13号星期五，但后来有人指出，这可能不是一个最吉利的日期来公布候选人。
I'm told the final two are likely to be announced on 20 November.
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