For sixteen years, Viktor Orbán was the world’s favourite cautionary tale. He was also, for a certain class of strongman, the world’s favourite instruction manual. From Budapest, he showed how a leader could keep the outer shell of democracy – elections, a parliament, a constitution, even a free-ish press – while quietly removing everything inside that made it work. Courts …
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