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[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

PM Indira Gandhi’s joint press conference with Norwegian PM Kåre Willoch in Oslo on June 15, 1983.

The difference between a statesman and a salesman.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Massive hike in #petrol prices is a prime example of the failure of Congress-led UPA. This will put a burden of hundreds of crores on Guj.

[Congress @INCIndia]

Falling Rupee, Failing PM

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Narendra Modi’s funda is simple:

– If it’s about duty, Indians should do it

– if it’s about responsibility, Nehru did it

– if it’s about credit, Modi did it

[Tony Joseph @tjoseph0010]

Until now, elections in India have meant voters choosing their representatives. This is now history. That principle has been stood on its head.
Elections now mean the government taking on the onerous task of choosing the voters.
Let's thank all the Constitutional functionaries who made this possible by forgetting their oaths.

[Varun Santhosh @santvarun]

https://t.co/X3Bw1T0ln8

[Dushyant Arora @atti_cus]

Padosi ne war rukwa di papa.

[Arjun* @mxtaverse]

Diplomatically isolating Pakistan on the world stage has always been a national security objective of India.

So many MPs went on a world tour on taxpayer's money to expose Pak after the Pahalgam terror attack.

Are they more isolated today or less isolated? You tell me.

[Sincere Dibya @TheSincereDude]

From Washington to Tehran; both the U.S. President and Iran’s FM have officially thanked Pakistan’s PM & Army Chief for ending the war.

Not India. Not the “Vishwaguru.”

We had Chabahar. We had decades of goodwill. We had the geography. We had the leverage.

Modi traded ALL of it for a Netanyahu hug and a Trump handshake.

Jaishankar told Parliament: “India is not a broker nation like Pakistan.”

Pakistan brokered peace. Pakistan reopened the Strait of Hormuz. Pakistan’s name is now written in history.

India’s name? Nowhere in that document. Absolutely nowhere.

₹92 rupee. $50B in remittances at risk. Chabahar in jeopardy. Growth forecasts slashed.

This isn’t strategic autonomy. This is strategic abandonment; of India’s own interests, by India’s own PM.

Sir, they got the seat. You got the bill. We got the silence.

[ಹೊಗಪ್ಪ @Kanoonamma]

@MeracydianWyrm @leaveit01_10 @bilbosfootcomb I'm reading the encyclopedia but have only just finished CoD so don't want to ruin anything for myself (only reading entries of the characters I know are dead except Duncan!)... I might stick to the encyclopedia since FH at least read it himself

[ಹೊಗಪ್ಪ @Kanoonamma]

@MeracydianWyrm @leaveit01_10 @bilbosfootcomb I was v interested in the butlerian Jihad ones - bad writing or the idea itself not well done?

[ಹೊಗಪ್ಪ @Kanoonamma]

@johnstanly Is he threatening nukes?? That is my read of his language

[Sangita @Sanginamby]

The fact that the only country to have used nuclear bombs and the only country refusing world neutral parties to inspect their nuclear facilities are both self appointed custodians of nuclear peace is so weird. The silence around it even more so.

[Marianne「🌲❤️‍🔥」 @GreatAbysmal]

Jim Hacker: Humphrey, we have to do something about Iran.

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Prime Minister, the government is already doing a great deal.

Jim Hacker: Such as?

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Monitoring developments, coordinating with allies, reviewing contingency plans and expressing concern.

Jim Hacker: That all sounds like nothing, Humphrey.

Sir Humphrey Appleby: On the contrary, Prime Minister. In diplomacy it is vital to appear active without becoming involved.

Jim Hacker: The Americans are bombing things, the Iranians are firing missiles, the Strait of Hormuz is practically closed and we’re… appearing active?

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Precisely.

Jim Hacker: Innocent people are dying, Humphrey!

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister. That is why the Foreign Office is drafting a very strongly worded statement about it.

Jim Hacker: A statement won’t stop a war.

Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, Prime Minister, but it will ensure that we are on record as having been extremely concerned while it was happening.

Bernard Woolley: If I may, Prime Minister — the Cabinet Office has identified six possible courses of action.

Jim Hacker: Good! What are they?

Bernard Woolley: We can condemn the escalation, call for restraint, urge negotiations, support our allies, assist defensive operations or participate directly.

Jim Hacker: And what do they recommend?

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Supporting our allies.

Jim Hacker: That sounds suspiciously like participating.

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Oh no, Prime Minister. Participating means fighting. Supporting merely means allowing others to fight from places that technically belong to us.

Jim Hacker: Humphrey, if Iranian missiles hit one of our bases, we’ll be in the war anyway!

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes, Prime Minister, but we shall have entered it with the invaluable diplomatic advantage of being surprised.

Bernard Woolley: It’s generally considered the safest way to enter a war, Prime Minister.

Jim Hacker: How on earth can that be safe?

Sir Humphrey Appleby: Because if the war goes badly, we can say we never meant to join it. And if it goes well, we can say we were there all along.

[Vinay Kumar @bahudari]

The student's response to his University's request to take down the post is very inspiring. Hope more students will read it.

More power to Rishi ✊🏽

[Stanly Johny @johnstanly]

For donald trump, to declare victory and end the war, the Strait of Hormuz should be opened, which was open before he started the war.

[Chris Nineham @ChrisNineham]

Urgent memo to foreign news desks #2

It is right that a note of scepticism about the war on Iran has emerged in places as a result of Trump’s difficulties. Well done to the correspondents leading on this.

But there are still some issues that need to be ironed out:

👇🧵

[ಹೊಗಪ್ಪ @Kanoonamma]

@johnstanly Schrodinger's Iran...

[ಹೊಗಪ್ಪ @Kanoonamma]

@sreevatsav494 @johnstanly 1. You need to think about the idealogical bulwark needed in that region but
2. They did! That's what the JCPOA was! It was repudiated by the US! Last weke they were willing to "never, ever" pursue nukes. They are negotiating with bad faith actors.