Busy day in international politics. In the morning the hot topic was nightly riots in Hungary because of the leaked audio recording in which prime minister stated they have lied to get elected again. Then afternoon brought news from Thailand as the military coup happened.

Both events came more or less from nowhere but they take longer time to settle down. I know nothing about Thailand but Hungary's case is more closer to me. Last election result was really tight and support for the government has been declining after numerous tax and benefit reforms. Now this latest event is not really helping the situation... or who knows.

Let's speculate a little bit:

A. Leak was done by someone who does not favor government. The aim is to force PM to resign.

B. Leak was done on purpose by government in order to make it clear that reforms are needed.

And outcomes could be:

1. Riots cool down, PM continues and reforms take place as planned.
2. Riots continue, PM resigns and someone from government takes place.
3. Riots continue, PM resigns and someone from opposition takes place.
4. Riots continue, government forced to have early parliament elections.

In any case I hope the situation calms down and issue is solved one way or another. This event does help world to know that Hungary exists but the message is pretty bad. On the other hand, would you be surprised to hear lie and politics in same sentence?