Famous British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson has shared a clip of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary talking to GB News’ Miriam Cates on the social media site X.
In the short video, PM Orbán discusses mass migration into Europe. Cates suggests that despite the British people voting against mass migration in a number of elections in a row—presumably referring to the Conservative Party’s winning streak of four general elections between 2010 and 2019, along with the 2016 Brexit referendum—the United Kingdom still has had a high number of immigrants coming into the country every year. This is in contradiction to PM Orbán’s previous statements about European nations having the choice on the issue, as the reporter pointed out.
‘Many, many people in Europe are opposed to mass migration, and yet it has happened,’ Cates added.
To this, PM Orbán responded by highlighting how he managed to turn migration into a major winning issue for his party in Hungary, saying:
‘Democracy is a good thing. I turned to the people, and I said: migration is the issue. It’s not the issue of the political elite; it’s about the future of Hungary, your kids, your grandkids…And we had a referendum. They said no. So democracy helps. But, unfortunately, Hungary is the only country, as far as I know, to organize a referendum on migration in Western Europe.’
Hungary held a referendum on migrant quotas in October 2016. The ‘no’ option on accepting the EU quotas won overwhelmingly, taking 98.36 per cent of the vote. The absurdly lopsided result was caused by opposition parties calling on their supporters to boycott the referendum, knowing that the option endorsed by PM Orbán and his Fidesz party was going to win in a landslide anyway. This way, however, the opposition prevented the referendum from reaching the 50-per-cent turnout threshold to become legally binding. The final turnout was 44 per cent.
The clip shared by Robinson has received 2,600 likes, 550 retweets, and 60 comments in the 10 hours since it was posted.
The comments are overwhelmingly positive, with one user writing: ‘The longer he remains Prime Minister, the better for Hungary.’ Meanwhile, X account Whitaker Kitchens from the United Kingdom wrote: ‘Elites decide destiny while pretending it’s compassion. When Hungarians get a referendum and we get replacement, the difference isn’t culture—it’s who actually governs. Sovereignty exists; just not here.’
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