William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trailing in the polls, Hungary’s prime minister [Orbán] resorted to his polarising playbook by attempting to impose a ban. Mass defiance suggests a shift in the political zeitgeist. ...</p><p>Trailing his former ally turned bitter critic, Péter Magyar, by a substantial margin in polls, Mr Orbán chose to target the LGBTQ+ community, just as he has targeted migrants in the past."</p><p>~ The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Orban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orban</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/30/the-guardian-view-on-budapests-pride-parade-a-humiliation-for-orban-and-a-triumph-for-european-values" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jun/30/the-guardian-view-on-budapests-pride-parade-a-humiliation-for-orban-and-a-triumph-for-european-values</span></a></p>