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EXPOSED: How Viktor Orban Bankrolled the Network Around Reform UK
As Hungary’s Prime Minister suffers a historic electoral defeat, Byline Times maps out how his government’s funding arm channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds into organisations at the heart of Britain’s hard right.
James Orr, Head of Policy for Reform UK, occupies key roles across a cluster of organisations that have received substantial funding from Viktor Orbán’s government – a network whose reach into British conservatism is now thrown into sharp relief by the Hungarian Prime Minister’s defeat at the polls on Sunday.
Orr is a trustee of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (RSLF), which the Good Law Project has revealed receives most of its funding from Orbán’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) think tank.
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Orr is also UK Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, which organises the National Conservatism (NatCon) conferences, events that have consistently held up Orbán’s leadership as a model for British conservatives to follow.
Byline Times previously reported that Orr secured the backing of Palantir founder Peter Thiel in co-founding the Free Speech Union (FSU) with Toby Young.
Thiel – who, as Byline Times has separately reported, maintained a confirmed business partnership with Epstein through a shared venture fund – has spoken at and funded NatCon, as has Orbán, with funding routed through MCC.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/14/exposed-how-viktor-orban-bankrolled-the-network-around-reform-uk/
James Orr, Head of Policy for Reform UK, occupies key roles across a cluster of organisations that have received substantial funding from Viktor Orbán’s government – a network whose reach into British conservatism is now thrown into sharp relief by the Hungarian Prime Minister’s defeat at the polls on Sunday.
Orr is a trustee of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (RSLF), which the Good Law Project has revealed receives most of its funding from Orbán’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) think tank.
...
Orr is also UK Chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation, which organises the National Conservatism (NatCon) conferences, events that have consistently held up Orbán’s leadership as a model for British conservatives to follow.
Byline Times previously reported that Orr secured the backing of Palantir founder Peter Thiel in co-founding the Free Speech Union (FSU) with Toby Young.
Thiel – who, as Byline Times has separately reported, maintained a confirmed business partnership with Epstein through a shared venture fund – has spoken at and funded NatCon, as has Orbán, with funding routed through MCC.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/14/exposed-how-viktor-orban-bankrolled-the-network-around-reform-uk/
Those who've been following Péter Magyar's public statements since his election win will recognize the Mathias Corvinus Collegium as a key organization he condemned for receiving illegal government funding during Orbán's tenure. That's just one of the topical strands this article knits together, including evidence from the Epstein files.
It sounds like Magyar has an appetite to investigate and prosecute those involved. This may have far-reaching consequences, both in Hungary and around the world.
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