I hope I'm wrong and Clegg really will tame the Tories—but I'm braced for this movie turning into One Shotgun Wedding and A Bloody Long Funeral.

我希望我是错的，克莱格真的能驯服保守党——但我已经对这部电影会变成一场强制性的婚礼和一场血腥漫长的葬礼做好了准备。

In private, Tories gloat that the process may take perhaps 20 seats off Labour and all in the name of fairness.

私下里，托利党幸灾乐祸地认为，这一过程可能会让工党失去20个席位，而且都是以公平的名义。

The Tories' timing is canny.

保守党在选择时机上很精明。

The Tories slipped from 20 to 15.

保守党从20席降为15席。

No wonder leading Tories welcome Brooks.

难怪保守党的头头脑脑们会如此欢迎布鲁克斯。

The Tories would definitely approve of that.

保守党确实会去证明这些。

Britain's Tories want to copy the CBO model.

英国保守党想要照搬cbo的那一套。

One is simply that the Tories are against it.

其中之一仅仅因为保守党的反对。

But how deep does the Tories' green streak run?

到底保守党为环保做了多少？

The Tories will not be able to plead ignorance.

但保守党将不能因无知而求饶。

The Tories will quickly pass an emergency budget.

保守党将迅速通过一项紧急预算。

The Tories are also flirting with industrial policy.

保守党也正提出产业政策。

Unfortunately, the Tories seem hasty as well as timid.

不幸的是，保守党似乎既心急又怯懦。

In the following three years the Tories raced ahead.

在接下来的三年，托利党人抢先一步。

The Tories supported the bank bail-out in 2008, he notes.

他指出，保守党曾支持2008年对银行的救助。

Even that will probably not be enough to beat the Tories.

即使做到了也许也不能击败保守党。

The Tories' big problem has been people, not policies.

人，而非政策，是托利党一直以来的最大问题。

The Tories will also look for big savings in the welfare bill.

保守党还计划在社会福利法案中找出能够节省开支的大头项目。

The Tories were the forerunners of the Conservative Party.

托利党是保守党的前身。

For the Tories, for the Lib Dems and for Britain, it's a good deal.

对于保守党，对于自民党，甚至对于英国，这个交易都是明智的。

Tories hate higher taxes, Lib Dems anything that smacks of xenophobia.

保守党憎恨增加税收，自民党憎恶任何与排外思想相关的事。

Gut feeling tells many Britons the Tories are best-suited to this job.

本能的直觉告诉英国人，保守党是解救他们的最佳人选。

Mr Brown struggled with Middle England, and longed to crush the Tories.

布朗同中产阶级不懈斗争，一心想粉碎保守党。

It is in areas such as these that the Tories should focus their energies.

保守党真正需要集中精力的是在这些方面。

Some Tories have said it is demeaning to portray Thatcher's dementia.

一些保守党说这部影片塑造的的撒切尔的痴呆症有损其形象。

Mr Cameron set out to rebrand the Tories as kinder and greener. It worked.

卡麦隆着手重塑保守党的形象，使其更加友善和环保。

The Tories' showing in the European election was only slightly up on 2004.

保守党在欧洲大选的表现稍比2004年好一点。

But the Tories have now clearly given warning that they intend to be radical.

但是这一次，保守党的行动已经清楚地显示他们要破例了。

Senior Tories have decided however this is not a fundamental flaw in the idea.

资深保守党人士们已经决定说这并不是这个想法的一个根本性的错误。

But that does not mean it has become easier for the Tories to win a majority.

但这并不意味着保守党开始能够更加轻松的赢得大多数席位。