卸任英国首相数小时后，斯塔默现身酒吧

据英国《镜报》等21日报道，在正式卸任英国首相数小时后，斯塔默被拍到在伦敦北部一家酒吧举杯畅饮，英国前财政大臣里夫斯等人在场。

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves were spotted at a pub with drinks in hand just hours they left Downing Street.

The former prime minister and chancellor rocked up to The Grafton pub in Kentish Town, north London while Ex-Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham put together his Cabinet.

英媒拍到的照片显示，斯塔默穿着运动鞋，手里举着一杯啤酒，倚着门打电话。里夫斯则举着葡萄酒杯，与他人有说有笑。她在社交媒体上发文感谢任职经历，并祝愿继任者以及新首相伯纳姆“一切顺利”。

《伦敦标准晚报》称，“不论是借酒浇愁还是庆祝重获自由，他们的心情看起来都还不错。”

就在离开唐宁街几个小时前，斯塔默称自己的“工作已经完成”。他补充说：“我面带微笑地离开，并为我们所取得的一切成就感到自豪。”

Just hours before he left Downing Street, Starmer said his "work is done". He later added: "I go with a smile and I go proud of everything that we have achieved."

当地时间7月20日，斯塔默前往白金汉宫，向国王查尔斯三世递交辞呈并获得批准。他在唐宁街10号首相府前发表离职演说时表示，将把“接力棒”交给安迪·伯纳姆，伯纳姆将获得他的全力支持。

前大曼彻斯特市长伯纳姆正式接替斯塔默成为英国十年来的第七位首相，并承诺推动“40年来最大规模的变革”。自2016年6月英国“脱欧”公投以来，英国首相如“走马灯”般更替，任期最短的特拉斯仅执政49天。（）

英国为何不用举行大选，就能直接更换首相？这与英国的议会制有关。

美联社报道称，斯塔默于6月22日宣布辞去工党党首职务，结束了不到两年的执政生涯。其任内因一系列政治失误备受争议，其中最受批评的是任命一名与已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦关系密切的人士出任英国驻美国大使。

工党在今年5月的地方选举中遭遇重挫后，党内要求斯塔默辞职的呼声不断高涨。随着被工党内部普遍看好的伯纳姆赢得议会补选席位，面对不断加大的压力，斯塔默最终宣布辞职。

Starmer announced he was quitting as Labour leader on June 22 after barely two years in power, ending a tenure marred by a series of political missteps — most notably his decision to appoint a man with close ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as Britain's ambassador to the United States.

Heavy losses suffered by Labour in a midterm set of local elections in May prompted many lawmakers to demand Starmer's resignation. And when Burnham — favored by many within Labour to lead the party and the country — won a special election for a seat in Parliament, Starmer gave in to the mounting pressure to quit.

根据工党党内规则，获得五分之一的工党下议院议员支持即可挑战党首。斯塔默辞职后，工党随即启动党首选举。由于除伯纳姆外无人参选，且其顺利获得所需支持，最终伯纳姆当选工党党首，并接任英国首相。

His resignation automatically triggered a Labour leadership contest. Under Labour rules, a lawmaker can challenge the leader if they have the backing of a fifth of the party's House of Commons lawmakers. There was no contestant other than Burnham, who comfortably surpassed that threshold.

来源：镜报 观察者网 美联社

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