The extraordinary repeated lies of the Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany 
have led to violent scenes and clashes. Is this Hungary’s second Uprising?
Thousands of protesters have clashed with police and stormed the headquarters of Hungary’s state television, furious over a leaked recording in which the shamed PM admitted that his Government “lied morning, evening and night” about the economy to win the election in April.
“There is not much choice. There is not, because we screwed up. Not a 
little, a lot. No European country has done something as boneheaded as we have.
“Evidently, we lied throughout the last year-and-a-half, two years… You cannot quote any significant government measure we can be proud of, other than at the end we managed to bring the government back from the brink. Nothing.”
In a speech sprinkled with obscenities, Gyurcsany (pictured) says: “We lied in the morning, we lied in the evening.”
He refuses to resign, but he probably won’t be in office much longer. Polls show that the Hungarian Government is losing ground to the centre-right opposition in its October municipal elections. Wouldn’t that be an incredible outcome? How can he stay on if that happened?
Why is it that Blair and his Government get away with their repeated lies? Lies always catch up with you in the end. People can only take so many, we’ve all had enough too..
Prime Ministers that lie?! Whatever next! Wouldn’t happen here…..
In this country, too many people think it’s ok for Blair to lie, where in other countries, they are not so tolerant.
As you said – we’ve blogged on the same subject in much the same way, except your post has grammar and punctuation.
I remember visiting Budapest as an undergraduate when it was still a communist country. A great city with an impossible to understand language and as far as we could tell no logic to the numbering of the tower blocks backpackers were bed and breakfasted in.
But still it was cheap – really cheap. We had Steak and chips, walked down to the Danube for a few hours then came straight back and ordered the same again, just because we could.
However the whole place was covered in bullet holes from when the Russians had put down the rebellion
I hope they get things sorted out this time.
Romania under Ceausescu, which was our next destination, was another all together darker story ….for another day.
Yes, we are all looking at events in Hungary with dismay, yet the same is happening in Britain, except that people – so far – put up with it. I’m sure lying Blair will get his come-uppance, though.
……Why is it that Blair and his Government get away with their repeated lies?…..
They’ve got the Army, Ellee. I knew I shouldn’t have watched Spooks last night.
Hi Ellee,
You left me a link on my blog but it took me to adventuregirls travels. Was it the right one? Enjoying your blog as I read it now.
Cheers from Australia
” Polls show that the Hungarian Government is losing ground to the centre-right opposition…”
Please, do not make mistake. The centre-right opposition is a political subject called Fidesz. It once was a centre-right party and its leader Viktor Orban was a deputy chairman to the European Democrat Union but times change. Today Fidesz cannot be considered a political party. It is a weird bond of associations and country clubs and their programme is nothing more, nothing less than a socialism with the emphasis on extreme nationalism.
Peter, thank you for the clarification, it is certainly confusing, I knew you would be able to explain it to us.
Oh, I am definitely not an expert at Hungarian politics, (but I know people who are), I’m just able to observe their politics at a closer range ’cause as their geographical neighbours there are regulary Hungarian news in our media. That’s all.
Slovak political system has always been believed to be very chaotical and not standard, but I think that despite having two big players on the Hungarian political scene (which is often seen as a sign of maturity of a political system) they have a long way to go. Being a Hungarian right-winger I’d be really desperate who to vote for.