What some in Thanet really yearned for, though, was a functioning airport once again.

不过，萨内特的一些人真正渴望的，是一个能够再次运作的机场。

But believe me, Thanet is not doing fine.

但相信我，塔尼特的情况并不好。

I was working in Thanet and obviously the UKIP was rising so the sentiments from people was changing.

我在赛恩特工作，很显然英国独立党正在崛起（译者注：英国独立党是英国右翼民粹主义政党），所以人们的情绪正在发生改变。

To those with power, Thanet might feel like a forgotten outcrop on the edge of things.

对于那些有权力的人来说，萨内特可能感觉是一个被遗忘的边缘地带。

Drive around Thanet, though, and its easy to see why the quarrel lends itself to this kind of framing.

驱车在塔尼特岛周围行驶，不难发现为什么这种争执会导致这种框架的出现。

The Thanet Wind Farm is 12 kilometres off the English coast.

Thanet 风电场距离英国海岸 12 公里。

Thanet is seen as a bit of a basket-case, a laughing stock on the news, Deb Shotton, vice-chair of the Thanet Green party, told me.

塔尼特绿党副主席Deb Shotton告诉我，塔尼特被视为一个玩偶，是新闻中的一个笑料。

It was at that point that Jenny Dawes, a softly-spoken 74-year-old who moved to Thanet nine years ago, began crowdfunding to cover the legal costs of a judicial review that would challenge the government decision.

就在这时，9年前搬到塔尼特的74岁老人珍妮-道斯开始进行众筹，以支付司法审查的法律费用，挑战政府的决定。

There was, however, a dissenting voice: Craig Mackinlay MP, elected representative for South Thanet a far-flung promontory on the eastern edge of Kent, which is now home to a bitter struggle over the future of a disused local airport.

然而，也有一个不同的声音。克雷格-麦金莱议员是南萨内特郡的民选代表，该郡位于肯特郡东部边缘的一个遥远的海角，现在正为一个废弃的当地机场的未来进行着激烈的斗争。