倫敦市長指責梅對倫敦安保撥款不足

Saturday’s terrorist attack in London has sparked a political fight, with the capital’s popular mayor accusing Theresa May, prime minister, just three days before UK national elections of failing to provide the city with enough security funding.

上週六在倫敦發生的恐怖襲擊引發了一場政治爭吵，就在英國大選三天前，人氣頗高的倫敦市長指責首相特里薩?梅(Theresa May)沒有爲該市提供足夠的安保資金。

The growing row, which has pulled in almost all major UK political figures just 36 hours after seven people were killed by three assailants near London Bridge, has piled pressure on Mrs May, who was already on the defensive for her faltering campaign.

三名行兇者在倫敦橋附近殺死七人僅36小時後，英國幾乎所有主要政治人物都捲入這場愈演愈烈的爭論，這給梅帶來巨大壓力，她已經在自己急轉直下的選情中處於守勢。

Mrs May attempted to use her leadership during the terrorist attacks — including last month’s bombing in Manchester, which left 22 dead — to reinforce her “strong and stable” campaign message on Monday morning by arguing: “There is not time for learning on the job.”

週一上午，梅試圖利用自己在恐襲期間——包括上月曼徹斯特發生的導致22人遇難的爆炸事件——的領導力來強化她的“堅強而穩定”競選形象，稱：“眼下沒有時間來邊學邊幹。”

But Sadiq Khan, London’s Labour mayor, claimed Mrs May was planning total cuts of ￡1.7bn to the Metropolitan Police budget over a decade, saying: “We are not receiving the sort of funding we need as a capital city.”

但倫敦的工黨(Labour)市長薩迪克?汗(Sadiq Khan)稱，梅計劃在未來十年削減17億英鎊的倫敦警察廳預算。他表示：“我們沒有得到作爲首都所需要的資金。”

While Mrs May’s six-year stint as home secretary, from 2010 to 2016, has until now been seen as an electoral asset, her record in presiding over a 20,000 cut in the number of national police is being questioned in the wake of three terror attacks in three months.

雖然梅的六年內政大臣（2010年至2016年）生涯此前一直被視爲選舉資產，但在三個月裏發生三次恐襲事件後，在她領導下英國警察裁員逾2萬人的記錄受到質疑。

Although Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader challenging Mrs May for the premiership, began criticising the prime minister on Sunday night, Mr Khan has in the past attempted to distance himself from Mr Corbyn and his criticism is likely to carry more weight, particularly given his role managing London.

雖然正在與梅角逐首相職位的工黨領袖傑里米?科爾賓(Jeremy Corbyn)在週日晚就開始批評首相，但薩迪克?汗過去試圖與科爾賓保持距離，而且他的批評可能更有分量，尤其是考慮到他作爲倫敦管理者的身份。

Mr Corbyn on Monday further raised the stakes, saying Mrs May should resign. “She is now saying that we have a problem,” he said. “Yes, we do have a problem, we should never have cut the police numbers.”

科爾賓在週一進一步加註，稱梅應該辭職。他說：“她現在說我們有一個問題。沒錯，我們的確有一個問題，我們從來不應該削減警察人數。”

Steve Hilton, a one-time policy chief to former prime minister David Cameron, also called for Mrs May to quit, tweeting: “Theresa May responsible for security failures of London Bridge, Manchester, Westminster Bridge. Should be resigning not seeking re-election.”

曾在前首相戴維?卡梅倫(David Cameron)政府中主管政策的史蒂夫?希爾頓(Steve Hilton)也呼籲梅辭職，他在推文中稱：“特里薩?梅對倫敦橋、曼徹斯特、威斯敏斯特大橋的安保失敗負有責任。應該辭職，而不是尋求連任。”