卡梅伦描述了自己对长子伊凡之死的绝望,2009年6岁的伊凡离世,他患有大田原综合征,每天癫痫发作多次。他写道:“没有任何东西能帮助你承受以这种方式失去心爱儿子的现实。似乎地球都停止转动了。”那时作为反对党的领袖,卡梅伦要在伊凡去世的第二天在下议院出席首相问答。戈登·布朗宣布那天的议会休会,他的女儿珍妮弗·简在2002年出生后几天夭折了。卡梅伦写道,布朗的“温暖和人性”对他和妻子萨曼莎而言都意义重大。
adjourn[ə'dʒɝn]: v. (会议或审判)暂停,休会
His proudest moment in office
担任首相期间最自豪的时刻
One of the proudest moments of his premiership, Cameron says, was the introduction of same-sex marriage, though he had worried and “wobbled” over the issue and faced heated opposition within the Conservative party: “Equal marriage was one of the most contentious, hard-fought and divisive issues during my time as prime minister.” One party member tore up his card in front of him. But, he acknowledges, he did regret abstaining from voting on an Iain Duncan Smith motion to block gay couples’ right to adopt children. “I should have proactively supported that right,” he wrote.
卡梅伦说,他担任首相期间最自豪的时刻,就是让同性恋婚姻合法化,尽管当时他对同性恋婚姻问题感到忧虑和“摇摆不定”,还面临保守党内部的激烈反对:“婚姻平等是我担任首相期间最有争议、斗争最艰难也是分歧最大的议案之一。”一位党内人士当着他的面撕毁了选票。不过,卡梅伦承认,他很后悔在给伊恩·邓肯·史密斯动议投票时弃权了,这一动议阻止同性恋夫妇领养孩子的权利。他写道:“我当时应该积极支持这一权利。”
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