How sex tapes, fake assassination plots and JD Vance shaped Hungary’s election

Peter Magyar, left, is hoping to beat Victor Orban, right, to become Hungary’s new prime minister (Picture: Getty/Metro)

The UK’s most recent general election in 2024 certainly contained its share of drama – think Rishi Sunak’s D-Day blunder, or Nigel Farage’s dramatic return to the fray.

But for truly bizarre politics, Hungary really takes the Dobosh.

Today, after a long and at-times gobsmacking campaign, the eastern European nation will go to the polls for its first parliamentary elections since 2022.

Last time around, incumbent Prime M...