那里的经济增长强劲，失业率也维持在较低的水平。 导致执政的工党在选举中一败涂地的主要因素是：人们对托尼·布莱尔与乔治·布什在伊拉克并肩作战的决定满怀愤怒。
In Britain, by contrast, where the economy is strong and unemployment low, the main factor behind the collapse in the vote for the governing Labor Party has been anger with Tony Blair's determination to go to war in Iraq beside George Bush.