Rory Stewart

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Maybe let's move it off Starmer.

And I was thinking about this talking to the Canadians yesterday.

Let's say we want in five, 10 years to create a situation in which we have a rectangular world where the four corners are US, China, global south.

The Rectangle of Power.

So let's say it's The Rectangle of Power, where the US is actually separate from Europe, UK, Canada, Japan, South Korea, right?

Australia.

Put them all together, you've got enormous economies.

Put those a lot together, actually, the economy's larger than the US, larger than China, if they can coordinate.

So let's say those economies want to reduce their dependence on China and the US.

critical minerals, and independence, right?

Independent sovereign control of critical minerals, quantum, AI, cloud computing, satellite, ISR, ballistic missiles, financial payment systems, debt, right?