British press outrage at support for anti-Semite

[JohnD]

The UK papers filled their front pages with criticisms of the political party that supported Orban.

Oooopps, my mistake. They didn't.

I wonder why?

"Conservative MEPs have given their support to the authoritarian government of Viktor Orban in a crunch vote in the European Parliament.

Almost all of the politicians representing Theresa May’s party voted against a motion to censure the Hungarian leader, which in the end was overwhelmingly passed.


Their support for the right-wing leader – accused of violating press freedoms, undermining judicial independence and waging an antisemitic campaign against a leading Jewish businessman – was attacked by Ms May’s critics in the UK."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...european-parliament-theresa-may-a8534401.html

Is the clue in the first word of the report?

 

[Notch7]

It was about voting for article 7 against Hungary

The Tories were not the only MEPs voting against: 197 voted against...

It was garnering support for Brexit:

The Conservatives, who lined up with the continent’s far-right, argued the motion was “politicised” and counterproductive, but critics at home accused them of deliberately cosying up to Mr Orban to win his support in Brexit talks.

Arriving in Strasbourg, a grateful Mr Orban heaped praise on the British government, telling reporters: “We would like to have a fair Brexit because we love the British and because we cooperated always well – and you deserve a good deal, a fair deal.”

Perhaps JohnD is using it to deflect away from Labours anti Semitism

 

[vinty]

To much shouldn't be read into Tory support for Orban.
After all Winston Churchill supported Stalin against German domination of Europe but that didn't make Churchill a communist.

 

[vinty]

Another interesting phenomenon is the growing number of alt right figures who declare themselves as Zionists , Israeli flags at right wing protests look out of place,
Could be these groups have adopted the principle of "my enemies enemy is my friend" in relation to Muslims.