How a lockdown ‘sex party’ doomed a Hungarian Euro MP - BBC News

It’s not hard to see how the misadventures of Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer made headlines across the continent this week.

There are of course the public health implications of a public figure attending a gathering of 25 guests at a party that was a clear breach of Belgium’s strict lockdown rules.

There is the hypocrisy issue: how could a man who drafted the Hungarian constitutional prohibition on gay marriage find himself in a room full of naked men at an event described in Flemish newspaper headlines as a “seksfeest” (sex party)?

And undeniably there is the Benny Hill element to the arrest of a senior member of the European Parliament as he attempted to flee the scene by climbing down a drainpipe and running away.

Mr Szajer, a founder member of the authoritarian, ultra-conservative Fidesz movement, said his “mis-step” was purely personal and it shouldn’t be seen as a reflection on his homeland or political community.

There was little chance of anyone heeding that.

Fidesz is a party that troubles Hungary’s more liberal European partners with its history of seeking to silence critical voices in the media, extend its control over the judiciary and limit gay rights in the field of marriage and adoption.

Mr Szajer himself drafted the Hungarian constitution which defines marriage as a heterosexual act.

He resigned as an MEP before the details of the case leaked out but once they were in the public domain it was easy to see why he’d immediately known that his political career was over. …

Our Dave in London hipped me to this Hungarian hypocritical arsehole