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If Hungary’s strongman prime minister, Viktor Orbán, remains firmly tethered to the Trumpist right and the cosplay intellectuals of the “national conservative” movement, he also looks to be sui generis in several ways.

Our slow collective drift from one another isn’t just about screens, after all, but the endless micro-obligations that keep us tethered to them.

Alternatively, a homeowner with a portable mortgage could be less tethered to a house that no longer suits their needs.

He said: "When she contacted the McCanns, she had tried everyone else. This is a woman at the end of her tether."

Instead, many seemed relieved not being tethered to a device.