By attending a conference in Budapest hosted by Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-migrant PM, along with members of European far-right parties, three Tory MPs have exposed the Tories’ wider ties with such groups and provoked public outrage.
Three Conservative MPs have come under criticism after attending a conference hosted by the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, alongside representatives from a series of hard-right and far-right European parties.
Veteran backbenchers Sir Edward Leigh, Sir Christopher Chope and Ian Liddell-Grainger were pictured in Budapest with Orbán and members of other populist or far-right parties, including Belgium’s Vlaams Belang, Spain’s Vox and the Sweden Democrats.
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UK PoliticsToriesConservativesViktor OrbánEdward LeighChristopher ChopeIan Liddell-GraingerUnited KingdomVox (Spain)Sweden DemocratsVlaams Belang (Belgium)European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA)IlliberalismNewsFar-Right
