British Vision - Issue 9 布莱尔幼子险遭绑架

Did a secret police infiltrator¹ inside Fathers for Justice first propose the idea of kidnapping Tony Blair’s son? That's what some members of the organization now suspect. It started as a simple conversation between a group of protestors in a pub just before Christmas, but memories of that night are confused, some who were there say no one talked about kidnapping, others say a plan was mentioned but quickly dismissed. Whatever the truth, anti-terrorist police visited the men soon after, so does this mark the end of the Fathers for Justice Movements. Our home affairs correspondent Simon Israel reports.
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It appears this headline-grabbing allegation emerged from the post Santa protest staged by rival groups in the Fathers for Justice campaign just before Christmas. While threats and suggested antics were the talk of the town in this pub opposite the road across the Justice family division, several of those who took part say they remember it well, and it did not include any mention of kidnapping the Prime Minister's youngest child. Several, who were in the George were later to be visited and warned by anti-terrorist officers.

" that was actually , entirely² unrelated, and the two things are entirely unrelated, that was a rare matter of a conversation overheard in a pub just before Christmas , about something entirely different (that) had nothing to do with kidnapping . . um . .Leo Blair, um, the guys were visited and they were given warnings that if they pull off anything within the Westminster area, there is a likelihood that they'd be shot. "

"Alright, nothing to do, so nothing in that conversation threw up the idea of kidnapping the Prime Minister's son then. "
"Nothing at all. "
"Were you there? "
"I. . I was there, yes. "
(. . daddy. . )

But still, the allegation that Leo Blair was to be the target for abduction landed on the desk of a senior officer of Scotland Yard, via a source who summoned the protest group suspect was a special branch infiltrator. Certainly Channel 4 News understands that that branch of the security services were none too happy about today's leak. Given the history of Fathers for Justice and the current heightened state of alert, any hint of a threat to the Prime Minister and his family has to be taken seriously. But just because police have launched an inquiry³, / doesn’t necessarily add credibility to the original allegation.

Whether this is a fantasy land or not, the kidnap idea is a far cry from the highly publicized superhero's stunts⁵ at Buckingham Palace and that purple powder incident during Prime Minister's question time. Their real target however has always been the family courts and presiding judges, whose hearings and decisions on parental⁶ access to children where they claimed bias⁷ and never made public. Their campaign hasn't made a jot⁸ of difference.

"that the group is really being dead in the water, . . um. . , for a while. . um. . , that doesn't mean that it can't come back, I mean it, it could well do, you could see a stunt⁴ sunny day soon that / may not be quite as sensational⁹ as kidnapping the Prime Minister's son, but it could still be quite interesting. "

"We are mainstream¹⁰ movement. We've been the most high-profile campaign group, in this country, for the last three years, you know, we have a job to do, there is a question you know you are right to ask, the question, is you know, is longevity¹¹ of the group established. Have we done, have we , you know, expand our use by day. "

Today's headlines may've well answered that question, and brought forward the inevitable¹² extinction¹³ of a movement which marveled in comic street stunts, but achieved little else.

1 infiltrator   

n.渗透者，渗入者

参考例句：

• Infiltrator(#): Careful team, I hear something. 妙手：且慢！似乎有东西正在靠近。 来自互联网
• Radio: The Infiltrator (#) can open locked doors like this one for the squad. 讯息：妙手的解锁技能一流。 来自互联网

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

4 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

5 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 parental   

adj.父母的；父的；母的

参考例句：

• He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
• Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。

7 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

8 jot   

n.少量；vi.草草记下；vt.匆匆写下

参考例句：

• I'll jot down their address before I forget it.我得赶快把他们的地址写下来，免得忘了。
• There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good.没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。

9 sensational   

adj.使人感动的，非常好的，轰动的，耸人听闻的

参考例句：

• Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
• Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。

10 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

11 longevity   

n.长命；长寿

参考例句：

• Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
• Human longevity runs in families.人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。

12 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

13 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。