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Yes, but he just wanted to make the opposition look unhelpful in a time of crisis. Yes, Orban is proto-Trump. But the 'rule by decree' isn't the watershed moment people are making it out to be.

Right. But it's not like Orban is squeaking by on some technical majority here.

It depends what you mean by 'everyone'. I can assure you that by no means everybody in the USA thought Trump should be impeached.

The Hungarian Parliament can reverse it again anytime they want if they vote with the same 2/3 majority they voted it in with. They're not going to, because he has a 2/3 majority. But they could. In practical terms, it makes no difference.

I know my toe is on the line of whataboutism here, but the cure is for someone to articulate precisely what they are worried about I guess?

I don't think I've really stopped anyone from talking about Orban or indeed being worried about Hungary tbh.

But is it inconceivable that the main opposition party at the UK 2024 General Election is Faragist? I guess what I'm saying is that it's probably a bit late to be worried about Hungary, you should maybe focus on the UK. At least if you are a citizen of Hungary, there are other countries you...

It's worth realising who the principal opposition party are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobbik

I meant in the first instance to compare the two states. Orban is a grandmaster at political chess. There's a lot going on at the moment and he wants to see where things land. Obviously if something happens to the EU, or they get kicked out etc then we all know where he'll look for...

I believe some lady in the UK got fined £660 for refusing to tell the British Transport Police what she was doing at Newcastle Station the other day. Here in Budapest there is technically a curfew, many shops are closed and we're trying to keep 5 feet apart for the most part - but the police...

Worse about the UK for sure. I mean going back to the education thing....of course it's risible but Gove wanted history lessons to 'celebrate the Empire' back in 2010. The media is essentially owned by Fidesz-sympathisers.....omg it's so different in the UK! The 'rule by decree' thing is a...

https://twitter.com/tomescritt/status/1243966044420608001

Putting the man himself to one side, I am not entirely convinced there is much difference between the UK & Hungary politically in 2020.

https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines/status/1243625561811009538

Hungary we're locking down tomorrow. My gf located me a big tyre, which I just dragged across town, and I eventually managed to locate some push up bars. I'm ready. Basically 9-12 will be Granny shopping time. I suspect, ironically, the supermarkets will be really busy tomorrow midday.

Guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back....

I'm not sure that story wasn't conjured out of thin air tbh. https://twitter.com/kateemccann/status/1243199575286075393?s=21 As somebody who has done a bit of data reporting, sometimes you're doing things one way and then the project moves forward and you iterate the reporting structure a bit...

Turns out the UK is changing the way it's doing the figures lol. In other news.... https://twitter.com/coronaviruscare/status/1243153542723977216

Ok yeah, I didn't realise that was a cumulative list.