党副领袖黛西·库珀表示，我们绝大多数议员都支持埃德……并对这种干扰感到愤怒。” 作者：克里斯·梅森、凯特·惠纳尔。自由民主党议员查理·梅纳德已辞去该党前线的职务，并希望看到埃德·戴维爵士被替换为新的领袖。
Deputy party leader Daisy Cooper says the vast majority of our MPs support Ed... and are furious at this distraction." By Chris Mason, Kate Whannel Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard has resigned from the party's frontbench and wants to see Sir Ed Davey replaced as leader.
据《金融时报》率先报道，这位来自威特尼的议员于周五辞去了财政事务发言人的职务。
As first reported by the Financial Times, the Witney MP left his role as Treasury spokesman on Friday.
埃德爵士的亲近人士私下承认，他们认为存在一个“小团体”的自由民主党议员对其领导不满，而梅纳德就是其中之一。
Those close to Sir Ed privately acknowledge that there is what they see as a "small group" of Liberal Democrat MPs who are not happy with his leadership, of which Maynard is one.
该党副领袖黛西·库珀表示：“我们绝大多数议员都支持埃德，希望他带领该党迎接下一次选举，并对这种干扰感到愤怒。” 英国广播公司（BBC）已联系梅纳德寻求评论。
Daisy Cooper, the deputy leader of the party, said "the vast majority of our MPs support Ed, want him to lead the party into the next election, and are furious at this distraction." The BBC has approached Maynard for comment.
根据自由民主党的规定，如果所有议员中多数人对领袖投下不信任票，即可触发领袖竞选。
Under Liberal Democrat rules, a leadership contest can be triggered if a vote of no confidence in the leader is passed by the majority of all the party's MPs.
要参加领袖竞选，一名自由民主党议员必须获得至少10%的议会党团议员提名（不包括候选人本人），并得到至少20个地方党内200名成员的支持。
To enter a leadership contest, a Lib Dem MP must have nominations from at least 10% of the parliamentary party, not including the candidate themselves, and have the backing of 200 members across at least 20 local parties.
埃德爵士担任领袖已有六年，并在2024年大选中带领该党取得了最大的选举成功，赢得72个席位。
Sir Ed has been leader for six years and in the 2024 general election led the party to its biggest election success, winning 72 seats.
然而，该党难以延续这一成功，民意支持率一直保持在相对较低的水平。
However, the party has found it difficult to build on that success, with polling numbers remaining at relatively low levels.
最近，一些自由民主党成员公开批评领袖对“三重保障”机制的立场——这一机制确保国家养老金每年根据通货膨胀、工资增长或2.5%这三个数值中的最高者进行调整。
More recently, some Liberal Democrats have publicly attacked the leader for his stance on the triple lock - the mechanism which guarantees the state pension goes up each year in line with either inflation, wage increases, or 2.5% whichever is highest.
上周，埃德爵士批评了安迪·伯纳姆宣布调整“三重保障”机制的决定，称此举将“使更多养老金领取者陷入贫困”。
Last week, Sir Ed criticised Andy Burnham's announcement that he would adjust the triple lock, arguing it would "put more pensioners into poverty".
他表示：“这意味着现在努力工作的年轻人——千禧一代——在退休时将拥有非常低的养老金。”
"This would mean people who are working hard now - the millennials - when they retire would have a very poor pension," he said.
一位自由民主党议员称，埃德爵士的论点“毫无道理”，而另一位议员则表示：“大多数千禧一代并不认为他们退休时还能领到国家养老金，因此这项政策并非为他们而设。”以了解威斯敏斯特及更广泛地区的内部运作。
One Lib Dem MP said Sir Ed's argument was "nonsense", while another said: "Most millennials don't think there will be a state pension when they retire so this isn't being done with them in mind."
