UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVE

London covers the Hungarian election with the enthusiasm of a country that sees Orbán's potential fall as proof that populism has its limits. The BBC publishes two complementary angles: a portrait of Viktor Orbán, the prime minister 'fighting to cling to power after 16 years,' and a report on the final stretch of a campaign where the challenger 'scents victory.' The framing is unambiguous: Orbán is the tired incumbent, Magyar is the wind of change. British coverage, informed by the memory of Brexit and its unfulfilled populist promises, reads Hungary as a test: if populism can be beaten at the ballot box in Budapest, it can be beaten anywhere. What London doesn't say: Magyar isn't a classic pro-EU liberal — he's a former Orbán insider who knows the system from within.