Partly Facetious : 'Strong current'

"Talal Chaudhry did not surprise but Ahsan Iqbal's response did."
"I agree on both counts and I would like to add that it was very courageous of Iqbal to disassociate the party from Talal's statement about Firdous Ashiq Awan...he is after all one of Maryam Nawaz's chosen."
"That explains why Ahsan Iqbal stated what he did and not Maryam Nawaz. Had she done so Talal would have perhaps had to leave the PML-N."
"Hmmm, anyway Talal thought he was saying what the party's leadership would appreciate, perhaps what they were saying behind closed doors....he simply went with the current, and you know the stronger the current the more we bend over backwards in our support."
"I don't know what you are referring to by strong current."
"Maryam Nawaz is a strong current in that party and Talal may have mistakenly..."
"Let's not go there. Anyway that reminds me of a tale told by someone in the know: Musharraf after his coup was ready to accept Shahbaz Sharif as the party's leader and allow the Sharifs to return but Nawaz Sharif refused to step down as party leader."
"And Musharraf represented a strong current at the time."
"None stronger, at the time, but now look at him."
"Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once. And need I remind you that the valiant that Shakespeare was referring to was Caesar, the chief executive, now Musharraf is no longer a chief executive, so he has died many times if you know what I mean."
"Not a chief executive, The Chief Executive is what you mean! I hear many a chief executive of a powerful private company is not in good shape..."
"You are referring to chief executives who also happen to be politicians?"
"Hmmm, and that includes the crème de la crème of our politics - there is Zardari sahib with God alone knows how many sugar mills, then there is Nawaz Sharif with mills galore, I hear Maulana Fazlur Rehman owns a petrol pump...."
"The Khan is not in that category so there is change for you."
"But he has Zulfi Bukhari, Zardari sahib and Nawaz Sharif have Malik Riaz and then..."
"OK I get it, there are the very rich in each camp and some of the rich change sides as and when the government changes. Are there any very rich retired judges?"
"I am not sure but I do know retired judges who are extremely vocal when given positions of power after retirement. They tend to shoot off their mouths and need I add get so carried away that they begin to over-estimate their powers."
"Right, like a chairman of the National Accountability Bureau cannot give the chief ministership to any one individual..."
"There have been contradictions and clarifications and..."
"Indeed but do you reckon Javed Iqbal can do a Mueller? Stay silent and investigate?"
"Nope, but Nawaz Sharif and Zardari sahib can do a Trump."
"Don't be facetious. And Imran Khan?"
"Theresa May - she can't sell Brexit to her own party but she keeps bringing the same Brexit plan again and again and again expecting to win."