英国自由民主党议员卡罗琳·沃登与英国改革党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇之间因下议院一起据称的肢体冲突爆发了一场口水战。
A war of words has broken out between Lib Dem MP Caroline Voaden and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage over an alleged physical altercation in the House of Commons.
这场争执的导火索是法拉奇在解释自己为何缺席周三的预算案时表示，他在5月议会开幕大典上与另一名议员发生了“肢体冲突”，因此希望避免类似事件再次发生。
The row was triggered when Farage, explaining why he had not attended Wednesday's Budget, said he had been involved in a "physical altercation" with another MP at the State Opening of Parliament in May and had wanted to avoid a similar incident.
沃登随后公开承认自己就是法拉奇所指的那名议员，并在社交媒体上写道，这次冲突让她感到“震惊且极其愤怒”。
Voaden revealed herself to be the MP Farage had been referring to, writing on social media that she had been left "shocked and bloody angry" by the confrontation.
自由民主党声称法拉奇“试图推搡”该党南德文郡议员，但改革党一名消息人士指责该党“撒谎”。
The Lib Dems have claimed that Farage "attempted to shove" their South Devon MP but a Reform source accused the party of "lying".
这名改革党内部人士补充说：“自由民主党声称奈杰尔推了她、她受到了惊吓，视频清楚地反驳了这一点。”据《每日电讯报》最先披露的视频显示，两人在议会开幕大典上一同离开议事厅，但画面中没有明显证据显示发生了严重冲突。
The Reform insider added: "The Lib Dems were claiming Nigel shoved her and that she was shaken, the video disproves that clearly." Footage, first unearthed by the Daily Telegraph, shows the pair leaving the chamber together at the state opening of Parliament but there is no visible evidence of a major altercation.
然而，沃登表示，她与法拉奇之间的冲突并未出现在《每日电讯报》最初发布的视频片段中。该事件似乎也没有被议会提供的议会开幕大典官方直播画面拍到。
However, Voaden has said the incident between herself and Farage was not shown in the clip originally posted by the Telegraph, external. The incident does not appear to have been captured on the official feed of the state opening provided by Parliament.
沃登表示，在她向议会当局投诉后，法拉奇被要求向她道歉。下议院对此不予置评。
Voaden said Farage had been ordered to apologise to her after she complained to Commons authorities. The House of Commons would not comment on this.
沃登在一份声明中说：“事实是，在国王演讲当天，法拉奇错过了与其他党派领袖一起列队前往上议院的机会，他没有和我们一起排队，而是把我推开，强行挤了过去。
In a statement, Voaden said: "The truth is that on the day of the King's Speech, Farage missed his chance to process with the other party leaders to the Lords, and rather than queue with the rest of us, he shoved me out of the way to barge past.
“这种行为在任何工作场所都是不可接受的，在下议院也绝不容许。”
"Such behaviour is unacceptable in any workplace, and it has no place in the House of Commons.
“在楼梯上把同事推开，这充分说明他对议会和其他议员完全不屑一顾。”
"Shoving a colleague out of the way on a staircase just shows the complete disdain he has for Parliament and for other MPs."
自由民主党副领袖黛西·库珀在接受天空新闻采访时谈及此事说：“据我所知——我没有看到，我当时不在场——但据我了解，他确实把我们的一位女议员physically推开，随后我们的一位男议员就此质问了他。”
Asked about the incident on Sky News, Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: "My understanding - I didn't see it, I wasn't there – but my understanding is that he physically shoved one of our female MPs out of the way, and that one of our male MPs then challenged him on that."
改革党议员罗伯特·詹里克对天空新闻说：“我对这些可悲的威斯敏斯特辩论烦透了。”此事直到现在才曝光，距离所称事件发生已近六个月，原因是法拉奇被追问为何周三预算案时没有出现在下议院议事厅。
Reform MP Robert Jenrick told Sky: "I am sick to death of these pathetic Westminster debates." The issue has only now emerged, nearly six months after the alleged incident, because Farage was pressed on why he had not been in the House of Commons chamber for the Budget on Wednesday.
对此他回应说：“在议会开幕大典上，我卷入……我并不想……但我卷入了与一位议员在议事厅内的肢体冲突。”
In response he said: "At the State Opening of Parliament, I got involved… I didn't want to… but I got involved in a physical altercation with an MP in the chamber.
“我没有大做文章，我没有投诉，但我能看出，鉴于我的祈祷卡被移走了，我正走向又一次肢体冲突。”
"I didn't make a fuss about it, I didn't complain, but I could see given that my prayer card had been removed, I was heading towards another physical altercation.
下议院一位发言人表示，法拉奇的祈祷卡——议员在下议院预留座位的方式——没有“显示有效的日期戳”，因此“按照议事厅常规程序被移走”。
A spokesperson for the House of Commons said that a prayer card for Farage - the way in which MPs reserve seats in the Commons - did not "display a valid date stamp" and therefore "was removed in line with the usual Chamber protocol".
