科沃腾的雄心抱负仅实现了一部分。

Mr Kwarteng's ambitions are only partly achieved.

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科沃腾黯然得出结论，当英国人争相离去时，挥之不去的混乱往往是这种规则旺盛的结果。

When the British scrambled for the exits, lingering chaos was often the result of this hearty ad-hoccery, Mr Kwarteng sadly concludes.

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还有更为诟病的是，科沃腾断定，随意性、个人主义性质的帝国决定如此之多，并非体制薄弱，而是体制本身。

Still more damningly, Mr Kwarteng concludes that the arbitrary, individualistic nature of so much imperial decision-making was not a weakness of the system, but the system itself.

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