Reflections of a stormy petrel

Imagine: the Hungarian public finds out that its ruling Prime Minister has "lied and lied and lied" to win the last elections. And what do they do? They get angry! Hungary, evidently, has not yet properly grasped the real point of democratic elections - that is, to bestow on a small group of self-selecting parties a chrism of approval. Here in Western Europe, where we have a longer habit with the thing, nobody would give such a statement a second look.