克里斯·梅森：自由民主党人在近期辞职后团聚在戴维身旁BBC 政治编辑克里斯·梅森审视了自由民主党前台辞职的后续影响。作者：克里斯·梅森自由民主党人在对领导人抱怨时，通常不会使用修辞上的烟火或口头上的膝盖攻击。
Chris Mason: Lib Dems rally behind Davey after recent resignations The BBC's political editor Chris Mason looks at the fallout from the Lib Dem frontbench resignations.
但这并不意味着没有抱怨。上周，埃德·戴维爵士的前台两名成员因对其本人、党的方向以及政策制定方式感到不满而辞职。
By Chris Mason The Liberal Democrats don't tend to go for rhetorical fireworks or verbal kneecappings when grumbling about their leader.
这意味着埃德爵士周二晚上与其议员们可能进行一次漫长且可能充满争议的会议。
But that doesn't mean there hasn't been grumbling going on. In the last week, two members of Sir Ed Davey's frontbench have resigned because they were unhappy with him, the party's direction and how policy is decided.
自由民主党领袖面带微笑进入会议室，身旁站着几名忠诚的议员，但进入房间时未发表任何评论。
It meant the prospect of a lengthy and potentially testy meeting for Sir Ed with his MPs on Tuesday evening.
近四小时后，会议结束时，他的副手黛西·库珀表示：“议会党内对埃德的支持压倒性强烈，我们真切地感到需要作为一个团队团结起来。”此前，在闭门会议中，我们了解到埃德爵士告诉他的议员们：“我们已经做出了改变。我很乐意接受更多改变。我希望我们能够作为一个统一战线共同工作。”这实际上是在暗示最近团结程度不高。
The Liberal Democrat leader arrived smiling, flanked by several loyal MPs, but made no comment as he entered the room.
在过去几个月里，他任命了新任幕僚长鲁斯·杨格，以及曾在该党执政联合政府时期任职的资深人士詹姆斯·霍尔特，担任政治总监。
Nearly four hours later, when the meeting broke up, his deputy Daisy Cooper said: "There is overwhelming support for Ed in the parliamentary party and a real sense that we need to come together as a group." Earlier, behind closed doors, we understand Sir Ed told his MPs: "We have made changes. I am happy to embrace more changes. I want us to work as a united front." Another tacit nod to things being less than united recently.
一位党内人士向BBC透露，上周的辞职被描述为一次相当自由民主党式的“起义”——以谦逊的方式表达的异议。
In recent months he has appointed a new chief of staff, Ruth Younger, and James Holt, a veteran of the party's years in coalition government, as political director.
前财政部发言人查理·梅纳德和前护理及看护者发言人阿莉森·贝内特均未公开明确说明离职原因，两人均试图私下、低调地向埃德爵士表达他们的担忧。
Last week's resignations were described to the BBC by one party figure as a rather Lib Dem insurrection – dissent expressed modestly.
而且，据了解，他们在辞职时间的安排上没有进行协调。他们的离职导致一些同事愤怒，因为这使党内出现了分裂的迹象，令他们感到恼火。
Neither Charlie Maynard, a former Treasury spokesman and Alison Bennett, a former care and carers spokeswoman, have been publicly explicit about the reasons for their departures and both sought to express their concerns to Sir Ed privately and discreetly.
这些辞职是迄今为止最明确的迹象，表明自一年多前起，一些自由民主党议员一直在酝酿的焦虑情绪。这种焦虑的核心是担心他们未能给议会中的72名议员留下足够的印象和影响。
And, it is understood, there was no coordination between them in the timing of their resignations. They were departures that led to fury among some of their colleagues, irritated that it made the party look divided.
“最大的挫败感在于缺乏冲击力，未被注意到。我们是一个世纪以来下议院中最大的第三党。但议会现在不再像以前那样塑造事物。现在一切都关于算法，”一位人士如此表示。
The resignations were the most clear indicators yet of an anxiety that has been bubbling away for over a year among some Liberal Democrat MPs. The essence of that anxiety is a fear they are not making enough of an impression and impact for the 72 MPs they have in parliament.
他们补充道：“在社交媒体的世界里，具有煽动性和极端化甚至带有财务激励的是被鼓励的。那是我们拒绝参与的沙坑。”尽管如此，该党仍计划提升其社交媒体表现，但将按照其所认定的真实气质和价值观来开展。
"The big frustration is the lack of cut through, being noticed. We are the biggest third party in the Commons in a century. But parliament doesn't shape things as much as it used to. It's about algorithms now," is how one figure put it.
围绕埃德·戴维爵士的人士私下承认，他们所说的“少数”自由民主党议员对他的领导不满。有消息称，该人数不超过“半打”——这是我们采访的几位人士使用的表述。
They added: "In the world of social media there is an incentive, even a financial incentive, to be divisive and extreme. That's a sandpit we refuse to play in." Nonetheless, the party is planning to up its social media game, but do so in line with what it sees as its authentic temperament and values.
但对 perceived 影响不足的焦虑涉及的议员远多于此数。
Those around Sir Ed Davey privately acknowledge there is what they claim to be a "small group" of Lib Dem MPs who are not happy with his leadership. It is suggested that number isn't greater than "half a dozen" - a phrase used by several people we have spoken to.
一些之前的私下批评者因埃德爵士团队的最近调整而转变态度，他们很高兴看到政府正在讨论他们关心的议题：例如欧盟、改革西敏斯特选举的投票制度以及英格兰的社会护理。
But the anxiety about a perceived lack of impact involves far more MPs than that.
他们还希望，他们在地方竞选中的规模，而非糟糕的全国民意调查评分，在下次大选中将更具意义。
Some previous private critics have been won over by the recent changes to Sir Ed's team and are pleased to see the government talk about issues they care about: the European Union, changing the voting system for Westminster elections and social care in England, for instance.
该党欧洲事务发言人阿尔·平克顿告诉BBC，会议期间进行了坦诚的意见交换，但埃德爵士愿意作出改变的态度“得到了非常好的反馈”。
They also hope the scale of their local campaigning, rather than poor national opinion poll ratings, will be more significant come the next general election.
“在议会中期进行这样的工作很艰难，作为第三党很不容易，而从15名议员增加到72名议员则是一个巨大的飞跃，”另一位出席会议的党内人士告诉我们。“但我们正在通过建立更好的结构来应对这一挑战，并让议员们保持满意。”
Al Pinkerton, the party's Europe spokesman, told the BBC there had been a frank exchange of views during the meeting, but Sir Ed's willingness to make changes had been "very well received."
“如果没有其他人竞争成为我们的领袖，我们为何要摆掉我们的领袖？我们需要让埃德继续推进工作，”另一位议员说道。
"It is a slog in the middle of a parliament, it's hard being the third party and it's such an enormous leap going from 15 MPs to 72," another party figure present told us. "But we're getting there putting in place the structures to better deal with that and keep MPs happy." "Why would we get rid of our leader when no one else is pitching to be our leader? We need to let Ed get on with it," said another MP.
但他们都清楚，关于影响的根本担忧——被注意到的挑战——是真实存在的，并且不会消失。
But they all know the underlying concern about impact – the challenge of being noticed – is real and not going away.