英伦广角 英国首相卡梅伦公布纳税信息回应“巴拿马文件”

 

After an awful Easter for the Prime Minister, he used to return of the House of Commons from recess¹ to try to get back on the front foot. The Panama Paper’s fall-out came close to his own doors, so first an apology of sorts. 

Mister Speaker, I’ve said all of the criticisms for not responding more quickly to these issues last week. But as I’ve said, I was angry about the way my father’s memory was being traduced². I know he was a hard-working man and a wonderful dad, and I’m pride of everything he did to build a business and provide for his family. 

But all David attempts to say was that the real debate was actually about the opposition’s attitude to wealth. 

Mister Speaker, this is a government and this should be a country that believes in aspiration³ and wealth creation. So we should defend the right of every British citizen to make money lawfully⁴. Aspiration and wealth creation are not somehow dirty words. They are the key engines of growth and prosperity in our country and we must always support those who want own shares and make investments to support their families.

The Labor⁵ leader himself had finally acquired his own tax return and this is exactly the sort of debate that Jeremy Corbyn wants to have. 

We’ve gone through six years, six years of crushing austerity--families lining⁶ up at food banks to feed their children, disabled people losing their benefits, elderly care cut and slashed⁷, living standards going down. Much of this could have been avoided, if our country hadn’t been ripped off by the super rich refusing to pay their taxes. I say this to the Prime Minister, Mister Speaker, all the people in this country, simply won’t stand for this anymore. They want real justice. They want the wealthy to pay their share of tax like they pay when they work hard all the time.

So it’s all got rather heated in the Commons. 

Shouldn't the Prime Minister’s critics really just snap out of the synthetic⁸ indignation and admit that the real point is that they hate anyone who’s even got a hint of wealth in their lives? 

I still refer to him as Dodgy Dave.  

I order the honorable member to withdraw immediately from the House. 

Labor MP Dennis Skinner thrown out of the Commons for refusing to withdraw the word Dodgy. The Chancellor⁹ did this afternoon publishes his own tax summery, though only for the last fiscal¹⁰ year. His return showing income of just under 200,000 pounds, a little less than the PM, though he is benefiting 2,500 pounds in that year from the 50P tax ablation. The Mayor of London joined in this unprecedentedly¹¹ blizzard¹² of transparency, registering nearly one million pounds in tax in four years on 1.9 million pounds of taxable income. Some politicians concern that every MP will now be obliged to do the same. A can of worms has now been opened by Papers from Panama. It hasn’t yet been shut.

1 recess   

n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处）

参考例句：

• The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
• Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。

2 traduced   

v.诋毁( traduce的过去式和过去分词 )；诽谤；违反；背叛

参考例句：

• We have been traduced in the press as xenophobic bigots. 我们被新闻界诋毁为仇外的偏狭之徒。 来自辞典例句

3 aspiration   

n.志向，志趣抱负；渴望；(语)送气音；吸出

参考例句：

• Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
• Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。

4 lawfully   

adv.守法地，合法地；合理地

参考例句：

• Lawfully established contracts shall be protected by law. 依法成立的合同应受法律保护。 来自口语例句
• As my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health, till death parts us. 当成是我的合法丈夫，无论疾病灾难，直到死亡把我们分开。 来自电影对白

5 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

6 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

7 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

9 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

10 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

11 unprecedentedly   

adv.空前地

参考例句：

• The National-Day celebration this year was an unprecedentedly great occasion. 今年国庆日庆祝仪式空前盛大。
• "This is undoubtedly a good one," the teacher insisted. "Unprecedentedly good! Just listen -- " 洋教师说，“这文章写得当然好，而且绝妙无比，你们听——” 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

12 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。