哈里王子痛批英王室成员 英媒：摧毁英国依赖的神话******
“愤怒”哈里挨个痛批英王室成员，英媒：会“摧毁”英国依赖的神话
【环球时报驻英国特约记者 纪双城 环球时报特约记者 陈 欣】继新书中诸多“劲爆”内容被媒体曝光后，英国哈里王子在接受英国独立电视台采访时再爆惊人言论。据英国《卫报》8日报道，在这次充满愤怒的专访中，主要王室成员均遭到哈里抨击。哈里还为自传《备胎》辩护，称保持沉默“只会让施虐者继续施暴”。
哈里称，写自传是对王室座右铭“不抱怨，不解释”的嘲弄，王室对小报的迁就以及王室的虚伪让他很恼火。他指责王室在女王去世当天的反应“非常可怕”，他目睹了“泄密和栽赃”。他还称，当日自己并未被邀请与其他王室成员一起乘坐飞往巴尔莫勒尔堡的飞机。他还透露，自己与威廉的手足之争早在上学时就开始了。当时同在伊顿公学上学的威廉告诉他，在学校里他们要“装作不认识”，这让他很受伤。不过哈里仍强调，自己无意伤害家人。他说，“我爱我的父亲，我爱我的哥哥，我爱我的家人。”
当被问及威廉和凯特是否从一开始就未能与梅根友好相处时，哈里给出了肯定的答复。他表示，这是因为他们对梅根存在刻板印象(美国人、演员、离婚、混血)。不过，哈里在专访中承认，他不认为英国王室存在“种族歧视”，只是有些“无心之失”让梅根承受痛苦。在哈里的口中，继母卡米拉是一个“恶棍”，为洗白自己，不惜与媒体“勾结”。在自传《备胎》中，哈里称，自己成了卡米拉公关“祭坛”上的“祭品”。他说，某些王室成员通过“与魔鬼同床”，来恢复自己的形象。在被问及他所做的一切是否符合他对隐私的期望时，哈里说，他已经尝试了其他所有可用的渠道，让他的家人和王室保护并支持他，但他们拒绝了。
《卫报》评论称，从公关的角度来看，哈里的自爆有助于他的新书大卖并提升他本人的知名度。但哈里自传中的内容以及他在采访中透露的信息会“摧毁”英国君主制——这个国家依赖的神话。哈里最近的爆料在英国国内引发批评，英国《快报》称，英国前首相撒切尔的助手加德纳8日在接受采访时称，“哈里给人的印象是偏执，甚至精神错乱。他对英国、英国的新闻自由和英国人民的看法非常黑暗和令人不快。”
(来源：环球时报)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
