Good news at last?

The news that Viktor Orban, the aspirant autocrat and possibly dictator of Hungary has been delivered of a crushing defeat in their general election should cheer us all up. Of course, there may yet be challenges from the loser that the vote was rigged, but since he’s been in power for 16 years you might think it could only have been rigged in one direction. So it seems goodbye to Trump (and Putin’s) ‘mini-me’ in Central Europe. The champagne corks will be popping in Brussels tonight. I hope this result will ripple out. In the polls in the U.S. Trump already seems to be on the ropes. Here in the U.K. the seeming inexorable rise of Farage’s pretend Reform party seems to be hesitating, but we’ll have to wait for May’s election results to see what people actually think. Are people wondering now whether populist rightwing types can actually deliver? Well, it’s pretty bloody obvious that they can’t and don’t but I would say that wouldn’t I? In the meantime I asked ChatGTP about Farage’s thoughts on Orban. Here’s the result.