After a quarter century in which each major party has routinely accused leading figures in the other of breaking assorted laws,it may now take an egregious scandal to rock the public.

• 1/4世纪以来，每个大党都照例谴责其对立面领导人违犯各项法律，而现在他们也完全可以用令人震惊的丑闻使公众感到不安。