Rishi Sunak says he will fix problems, tackle economic crisis as UK PM

里希·苏纳克表示，作为英国首相，他将解决问题，应对经济危机

Britain’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said on Tuesday he would try to fix the mess left by his predecessor, restore faith in politics and tackle a “profound economic crisis” but warned the country there would be difficult decisions.

Standing in front of his new Downing Street office, Sunak paid tribute to Liz Truss, whose economic programme roiled the markets, and all but chided Boris Johnson by saying the mandate the Conservatives were handed at a 2019 election the former prime minister won was not the property of one individual.

“I want to pay tribute to my predecessor Liz Truss … But some mistakes were made. Not born of ill will or bad intentions. Quite the opposite, in fact. But mistakes nonetheless,” he said.

“And I have been elected as leader of my party and your prime minister, in part to fix them. And that work begins immediately. I will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government’s agenda. This will mean difficult decisions to come.”

英国新首相里希·苏纳克(Rishi Sunak)周二表示，他将努力解决前任留下的烂摊子，恢复人们对政府的信心，并应对“严重的经济危机”，但他也发出警告，称英国将面临艰难的决定。

站在唐宁街的新办公室前，苏纳克向利兹·特拉斯(Liz Truss)致敬，她的经济计划扰乱了市场，他还隐晦地指责鲍里斯·约翰逊(Boris Johnson)，称保守党在2019年选举中获得的委任不是前首相的私有财产。

“我想向我的前任利兹·特拉斯表示敬意……我们犯了一些错误，虽然这些错误并非出于恶意，事实上，恰恰相反。尽管如此，错误还是发生了。”

“我当选为党首和总理，一定程度上就是为了解决这些问题。这项工作立即启动。我将把稳定经济和信心作为本届政府的工作核心。这意味着我们将做出艰难的决定。”

Sunak, one of the richest men in parliament, will have to find deep spending cuts to plug an estimated 40 billion pound ($45 billion) hole in the public finances due to an economic slowdown, higher borrowing costs and a six-month program of support for people’s energy bills.

Economists and investors have said Sunak’s appointment will calm markets, but they warn that he has few easy options when millions are battling a cost of living crunch.

“With a recession in 2023 now increasingly likely, and the next general election in only two years’ time, Rishi Sunak can expect a challenging premiership,” Eiko Sievert at the Scope ratings agency told Reuters.

作为议会中最富有的人之一，苏纳克将不得不寻求大幅削减开支的办法，填补约400亿英镑(450亿美元)的公共财政缺口，因为经济放缓、借贷成本上升以及为期六个月的能源花销扶助计划，造成了这一巨额财政缺口。

经济学家和投资者表示，苏纳克的上任将安抚市场，但他们也警告称，在数百万人面临生活成本紧缩的情况下，苏纳克并没有轻松的选择。

评级机构Scope的艾科西威特(Eiko Sievert)对路透社表示:“随着2023年经济衰退的可能性越来越大，而距离下一次大选仅有两年时间，里希•苏纳克的总理任期将充满挑战。”

Financial turmoil

Sunak, Britain’s youngest prime minister for more than 200 years and its first leader of colour, replaced Liz Truss who resigned after 44 days following a “mini budget” that sparked turmoil in financial markets.

With debt interest costs rising and the outlook for the economy deteriorating, he will now need to review all spending, including on politically sensitive areas such as health, education, defence, welfare and pensions.

金融风暴

苏纳克是英国200多年来最年轻的首相，也是英国首位有色人种领袖，从利兹·特拉斯（LizTruss）手中接过总理职位，特拉斯上任仅44天就因“迷你预算案”引发金融市场动荡而辞职。

随着债务利息成本上升，经济前景恶化，苏纳克现在需要审查所有支出，包括医疗、教育、国防、福利和养老金等政治敏感领域的支出。

Reflecting the near constant state of turmoil in British politics this year, politicians, journalists and photographers once again crammed into Downing Street on Tuesday to hear a departing speech from Truss.

Speaking seven weeks to the day after she arrived as prime minister, Truss did not apologise for her short tenure and said she knew Britain was set for brighter days.

During her time in office the pound hit a record low against the dollar, borrowing costs and mortgage rates surged, and the Bank of England was forced to intervene to protect pension funds from collapsing.

Sunak will now start forming his cabinet, with some Conservative lawmakers ho he will include politicians from all wings of the party.

He is expected to retain Jeremy Hunt as finance minister after the former foreign and health secretary helped calm volatile bond markets by rip up most of Truss’s economic programme.

周二，政客、记者和摄影师再次涌入唐宁街，听取特拉斯即将离任的演讲，这反映出今年英国政坛近乎持续的动荡状态。

在上任七周后的第二天，特拉斯没有为自己短暂任期而致歉，她称她知道英国将迎来更光明的未来。

在她任职期间，英镑兑美元汇率创下历史新低，借贷成本和抵押贷款利率飙升，英国央行被迫出手干预，以防止养老基金崩溃。

苏纳克现在将着手组建内阁，一些保守党议员希望他能从党内各派吸纳内阁成员。

前外交和卫生部长杰里米·亨特（JeremyHunt）叫停了特拉斯的大部分经济计划，稳定了动荡的债券市场，有望继续留任财政部长。

Political machinations

Sunak, a Goldman Sachs analyst who only entered parliament in 2015, must unite his party, aware that voters are increasingly angry over the antics at Westminster as the economy heads for recession.

He was blamed by many in the party when he quit as finance minister in the summer, triggering a wider rebellion that brought down Johnson.

While many expressed relief that the party settled on a new leader quickly, a sense of distrust remains among some while others questioned whether struggling families would relate, or ever vote, for a multi-millionaire.

政治阴谋

2015年才进入国会的前高盛分析师苏纳克必须团结他的政党，因为他意识到，随着经济走向衰退，选民对议会的闹剧越来越愤怒。

今年夏天，当他辞去财政部长职务时，党内许多人指责他，引发了广泛的叛乱，导致约翰逊下台。

虽然许多人对保守党很快选定了新领导人感到欣慰，但一些人仍缺乏信任感，而另一些人则质疑面临困难的英国家庭会不会认同或投票支持一位百万富翁。

Historian and political biographer Anthony Seldon told Reuters that Sunak would also be constrained by the mistakes of his predecessor.

“There is no leeway on him being anything other than extraordinarily conservative and cautious,” he said.

Many politicians and officials abroad, having watched as a country once seen as a pillar of economic and political stability descended into brutal infighting, welcomed Sunak’s appointment.

历史学家兼政治传记作家安东尼·塞尔登告诉路透社，苏纳克也会受到前任过失的掣肘。

他说：“除了格外保守和谨慎之外，他没有其他退路。”。

许多海外政界人士和官员在见证一个曾经被视为经济和政治稳定支柱的国家陷入残酷内讧后，纷纷对苏纳克的任命表示欢迎。

Sunak, a Hindu, also becomes Britain’s first prime minister of Indian origin.

US President Joe Biden described it as a “groundbreaking milestone”, while leaders from India and elsewhere welcomed the news. Sunak’s billionaire father-in-law, N.R. Narayana Murthy, said he would serve the United Kingdom well.

“We are proud of him and we wish him success,” the founder of software giant Infosys said in a statement.

苏纳克是印度教徒，他也成为英国首位印度裔首相。

美国总统乔·拜登称这是一个“突破性的里程碑”，而印度和其他国家的领导人则对这一消息表示欢迎。苏纳克的亿万富翁岳父穆尔蒂(N.R. Narayana Murthy)说，苏纳克会尽心为英国服务。

软件巨头印孚瑟斯的创始人在一份声明中说：“我们为他感到骄傲，我们希望他取得成功。”

以下是巴基斯坦黎明报读者的评论：

ABE

The UK might as well install revolving doors at No.10. I don't even expect him to last till Xmas as the newest PM. Sounds very much the rapidly changing governments in Italy, most last for a few months to 1 or 2 years at the most. He was not elected by the British public. Thus his ouster is already being plotted by the opposition.

英国不如在唐宁街10号安装一个旋转门。我都不指望他这个总理能当到圣诞节。听起来很像意大利不停换届的政府，几个月就得换，最长也不过1到2年。苏纳克都不是英国公众票选出来的。所以反对党已经策划好他的下台了。

Atif Khan

Many may not know that Rishi Sunak is originally from Gujranwala. Sunak’s great grandparents moved from Gujranwala to East Africa in the 1930s, making Rishi a Pakistani origin Hindu.

很多人可能都不知道里希·苏纳克来自古吉拉特邦。上世纪30年代，苏纳克的曾祖父母从古吉拉瓦拉搬到了东非，因此里希是巴基斯坦裔印度教徒。

Ghaznavi

First problem you were not elected. You are just assuming the post. So you should call General Election

第一个问题就是，你不是民众票选出来的。你刚刚上任。所以你应该举行大选。

Jamil Soomro, New York City

Let us see where the sun will rise from on the Economy of Great Britain.

让我们看看英国经济的太阳会从哪里升起。

Mega Dehati

Britons didn't vote for him. At least with the American system, only the person with the mandate can lead Washington.

英国人并没有投票给他。至少在美国，拿到委任的人才能主导华盛顿。

mehfooz. K

promises promises, nothing but promises, anyhow, remains to be seen

承诺，承诺，除了承诺，什么都没有，无论如何，还有待观察。

Pops

Rishi Sunak, new CEO of a company called Great Britain. Let’s see if he can steer the company in the right path to prosperity.

介绍一下，这位是苏纳克，大不列颠公司的新任CEO。他能否带领公司走上正轨，取得成功，我们拭目以待。

Just@Man

They will use brown man to implement harsh policies in order to make him look bad and get away with the austerity measures

他们会利用这位棕皮总理实施严厉的政策，让他灰头土脸，然后趁机摆脱紧缩措施。

Just Saying

Apart from India, Pakistan should also be proud because Rishi's grandparents were originally from Gujranwala.

除了印度，巴基斯坦也应该感到自豪，因为里希的祖父母来自古吉拉特邦。

SayNoToPlastics

Let's hope he stops providing a safe haven for criminals, murderers and their loot in any British territory. If he does that he will have the whole world backing him .

我们希望他不要让英国成为罪犯、杀人犯和他们的战利品的安全避难所。如果他真的做到了，他将得到全世界的支持。

Satish

The whole subcontinent is proud of him. All the best Rishi

整个次大陆都为他感到骄傲。一切顺利，里希。

Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Joke of the century.

简直是世纪笑话。

Sympathiser

Britishers ruled India for 200 years and now an Indian origin man is holding the top most position of Britain.. Now it's a proud moment for India - Pakistan..

英国人统治了印度200年，现在风水轮流转，印度裔男子担任了英国的最高领导人职位。现在是印度和巴基斯坦的骄傲时刻。

Omveer Singh

We wish him good luck. Hopefully he will steer the British economy out of troubled waters.

我们祝他好运。希望他能引领英国经济走出困境。

jamil Awan

I'm sure that this Man can mediate between India and Pakistan and resolve long standing Kashmir problem! It will be a great dream for people of Indian subcontinent..

我相信这个人可以在印度和巴基斯坦之间斡旋，解决长期存在的克什米尔问题！这是印度次大陆人民的一个伟大梦想。

Suresh

I am sure he will bring changes economically as he has a good deal of experience. Whole world is going through the economic crisis.

我相信他会带来经济上的改变，因为他拥有丰富的经验。现在整个世界都在经历经济危机。

Constantine

He’s our boy, what a win for the people of UK and India.

他是我们印度的孩子，这是英国和印度人民的胜利。

Yaseen

Yes he will FIX the UK forever.

是的是的，他会一劳永逸地解决英国。

S Khan

Good luck Mr Sunak.

苏纳克先生，祝你好运。

Ahmed

Rishi Sunak will fix the problem. Because he is the one who had created the problems. English people should remember that if had not ditched Boris Johnson then political instability would not have exacerbated.

苏纳克会解决问题的。因为他就是造成混乱局面的始作俑者。英国人应该记住，如果你们没有抛弃鲍里斯·约翰逊，证据不稳的情况就不会加剧。

Dr. Malaria, Ahmad

He said appointed to fix the mistakes!

他说他被委任修正错误！

Khalid iqbal

Good luck, be honest and be fair, and you will succeed.

祝好运，真诚的，你会成功的。

Alam , USA

leadership is being sold to the highest bidder !

这么看来，总理席位也是价高者得呢！

Observer

He deserved to win earlier but Truss was supported for reasons unrelated to her merits.

他早前就该胜出的，但特拉斯获得支持的原因跟她的个人能力并无关系。

Zak

Britain’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, said on Tuesday he would try to fix the mess left by his predecessor, restore faith in politics and tackle a “profound economic crisis” but warned the country there would be difficult decisions. What a hypocrit. He put UK in an economic mess as chancellor. Last line means increased Taxes which will put another 30 million people in poverty.

英国新任首相里希·苏纳克周二表示，他将努力解决前任留下的烂摊子，恢复民众对政府的信心，并应对“严重的经济危机”，但他警告称英国将面临艰难的决定。他可真是个伪君子。正是他，作为财政大臣，让英国陷入了经济困境。他说的最后一句话意味着加税，这将让另外3000万人陷入贫困的境地。

Dr Atam Vetta

UK faces serious problems, some of the created by Putin's foolish war. These will take time to resolve. PM Sunak has, however, made a start. His first job is to keep his parliamentary party united. He has set about it in the right way. With united Conservatives behind him, he will begin to solve some problems. Good luck to him for success.

英国面临着严重的问题，其中一些是普京的鲁莽战争造成的。这些问题需要时间来解决。但苏纳克总理已经着手开始了。他的第一项工作是保持议会党派的团结。他选对了方式。在保守党的支持下，有些问题将得以解决。祝他成功。

Multani

I am still surprised British could not find a competent person amongst their own and had to bring Sunnak, Indians are pleased as his wife is daughter of Indian millionaire who is Modi follower.

我到现在还是非常惊讶，英国人都找不到一个称职的盎格鲁人当总理了吗，千挑万选选出了个苏纳克，印度人高兴疯了，因为苏纳克的妻子是印度百万富翁的女儿，也是莫迪的拥护者。

akkuturaju

All Indians and Pakistanis should be proud of Rishi appointment as Prime Minister. Why? We both Pakistanis and Indians are same people. When I was in western countries many people asked me are you Pakistani. Western people could not differentiate Indian or Pakistani people. We should help each other and love each other. We are same people.

所有印度人和巴基斯坦人都应该为里希当选英国总理感到骄傲。为什么？我们巴基斯坦人和印度人都是同宗同源的。我在西方国家时，很多人问我你是不是巴基斯坦人。西方人完全分不清印度人和巴基斯坦人。我们应该互助互爱。我们是同一个民族。

Ali(USA)

And nobody elected him in UK. General elections should be called ASAP.

英国没人投票给他。应该尽快进行大选。

Changez Khan

Nobody can fix the disastrous UK economy. It will go through the recession cycle then recover in a year or two.

没人能解决英国的经济灾难。英国会陷入衰退周期，一两年内才能开始好转。

TimeToMovveOn

about 15 hours ago

He can do it. Indians and Indian-origin people have been fixng companies and economies. He can do this one too.

他能做到。印度人和印度裔人一直擅于治理公司和经济。他也能做到这一点