鲍里斯成为博彩界最期望的英国首相

鲍里斯成为博彩界最期望的英国首相

Boris Johnson, former foreign secretary who helped lead the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, continued his progress toward the top job yesterday when he trounced his rivals again in the race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May.

曾协助领导2016年英国脱欧公投运动的前外交部长鲍里斯·约翰逊(Boris Johnson)，昨日在接替英国首相特里萨•梅(Theresa May)的竞选中再次击败对手，继续朝着最高职位迈进。

In the fourth ballot of Conservative lawmakers, which eliminated Interior Minister Sajid Javid, Johnson was again way out in front of his rivals. Johnson, who served as London’s mayor for eight years, has cast himself as the only candidate who can deliver Brexit on October 31 while fighting off the electoral threats of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.

在第四轮选举中，保守派议员淘汰了内政部长萨吉德·贾维德，约翰逊的竞争对手出局。约翰逊曾担任伦敦市长8年，他把自己塑造成唯一能在10月31日实现英国退欧的候选人，同时对抗奈杰尔•法拉奇(Nigel Farage)领导的退欧党(Brexit Party)和杰里米•科尔宾(Jeremy Corbyn)领导的工党(Labour Party)的选举威胁。

Despite a series of scandals in the past, Johnson has dominated the race since May announced she would step down after repeatedly failing to get her Brexit deal ratified by parliament.

尽管过去曾发生过一系列丑闻，但自特里萨•梅宣布辞职以来，约翰逊一直主导着竞选。此前，梅多次未能让英国议会批准她的脱欧协议。

Johnson, 55, has increased his share of the vote of Conservative lawmakers at each of the four ballots so far: 114 out of 313 votes in the first ballot on June 13, 126 on June 18, 143 on Wednesday and 157 yesterday.

到目前为止，55岁的约翰逊在四次投票中，每一次都增加了保守党议员的投票比例：6月13日的第一次投票中有114票，6月18日的126票，周三的143票，以及昨天的157票。

Environment Minister Michael Gove was second with 61, Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt third with 59 and Javid got 34. After the final lawmakers’ ballot leaves just two candidates remaining, around 160,000 Conservative Party grassroots members will vote on who will be their leader — and Britain’s next prime minister — by the end of July. Bookmakers give Johnson an 89 percent probability of winning.

环境部长迈克尔·戈夫以61分位居第二，外交部长杰里米·亨特以59分位居第三，哈维德以34分位居第三。在最后一轮议员投票只剩下两名候选人之后，大约16万名保守党基层成员，将在7月底之前，就谁将成为他们的领袖以及英国下一任首相进行投票。博彩公司认为约翰逊获胜的概率为89%。