“The world can learn so much more from us, the….”
“Don’t do a President Trump on us please.”
“What do you mean?”
“Their navy is obliterated, their air force is obliterated, their…”
“I wasn’t going to mention the portfolio of a First Daughter though Ivanka has much to learn.”
“From Parvez Rashid the trainer par excellence or the product itself,the world can learn so much from us in politics.”
“Oh right Starmer is fast approaching the mujhe kyon nikala (why did you kick me out) syndrome. Starmer’s defence in parliament was as good as it’s my money what’s it to you.”
“No that’s not what I was referring to.”
“I get it, staying on is the key. If the general public doesn’t want you anymore or no longer supports your disastrous policies, you just stay on……”
“Let me narrow it down. Even our enemies can learn from our mistakes.”
“Domestic or…”
“You are being deliberately obtuse today aren’t you? Anyway Netanyahu has been granted a one week extension from attending court in his corruption case due to a…oh wait – its ceasefires all around right!”
“Hmmmm if I recall correctly in the Ishaq Dar case the prosecutor dropped the case. So why doesn’t Netanyahu….”
“Dar was a finance minister at the time. Get your protocol right: Prime Ministers learn from Prime Ministers.”
“He is the Deputy Prime Minister now.”
“But not the prime minister!”
“Reminds me of Coleridge’s “Ancient Mariner”: water, water everywhere and ne’er a drop to drink.”
“Well in Dar sahib’s case there are more than drops but ne’er the first gulp. Anyway coming to Netanyahu were you by any stretch of the imagination recommending a constitutional court?”
“Shut up now. Anyway Netanyahu was granted an extension from attending court for just a week I think and he has taken his country to war since 7 October 2023.”
“Right but….but…..the opposition…”
“Be damned. There are some lessons that he can learn from us there too.”
“But as a democracy…..”
“It’s OK to kill left, right and centre every single day but it isn’t OK to tweak some rules and a bit of the constitution.”
“There is that.”
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