Hormuz, Hungary and the UK shifting closer to the EU
Politics Weekly UK
The Guardian
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🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
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| 0:06.0 | The Tissau and the |
| 0:12.0 | The reason why we're doing it is because we thought there was so much garbage happening against Victor and this election. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy |
| 0:28.7 | because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world. |
| 0:33.5 | We have highly sophisticated underwater minesweepers, but we're also bringing in more traditional minesweepers. |
| 0:40.2 | And so I understand is the UK and a couple of other countries. |
| 0:43.7 | I'm Pippa Carrera. |
| 0:44.7 | And I'm Jessica Elgon. |
| 0:45.7 | And you're listening to Politics Weekly for The Guardian. |
| 0:51.2 | Welcome back to Politics Weekly from two weeks of recess. |
| 0:55.2 | We're here. |
| 0:55.7 | MPs are meandering their way back to Westminster and the sun is shining. |
| 1:00.1 | So it's great to be back with you. |
| 1:02.0 | And the big story this morning is actually in Hungary, |
| 1:05.0 | where the Prime Minister, Victor Orban, has conceded defeat to Pieter Magyar |
| 1:09.4 | after 16 years in power. |
| 1:12.5 | Now Jess, when we were talking about what to include in the podcast this morning, |
| 1:16.6 | you were talking about your very interesting family connection. |
| 1:19.7 | My husband's stepdad, Duri, he is Hungarian. |
| 1:23.5 | He was actually, he's got a crazy story that he was born in the Jewish ghetto in Hungary during the Nazi occupation when he was a tiny baby. |
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