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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.60,0:00:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as many of you know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.13,0:00:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the results of the recent\Nelection were as follows:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.45,0:00:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.63,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won a landslide victory
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 52 percent of the overall vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.56,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jill Stein, the Green candidate,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.83,0:00:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came a distant second, with 19 percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.20,0:00:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donald J. Trump, the Republic candidate,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.56,0:00:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was hot on her heels with 14 percent,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.44,0:00:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the remainder of the vote
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.96,0:00:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were shared between abstainers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.18,0:00:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Gary Johnson,\Nthe LIbertarian candidate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.80,0:00:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what parallel universe\Ndo you suppose I live in?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.49,0:00:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I don't live in a parallel universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.41,0:00:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in the world,\Nand that is how the world voted.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.26,0:00:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me take you back\Nand explain what I mean by that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.85,0:00:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In June this year,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.40,0:00:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I launched something called\N"The Global Vote."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.88,0:00:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Global Vote does\Nexactly what it says on the tin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.95,0:01:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.63,0:01:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it lets anybody, anywhere in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.42,0:01:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vote in the elections
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.27,0:01:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of other people's countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.40,0:01:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, why would you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.66,0:01:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the point?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.02,0:01:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me show you what it looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.40,0:01:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to the website,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.56,0:01:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather a beautiful website,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.88,0:01:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you select an election.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.43,0:01:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a bunch that we've already covered.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.26,0:01:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do about one a month, or thereabouts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.47,0:01:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can see Bulgaria,\Nthe United States of America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.27,0:01:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.86,0:01:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Brexit referendum at the end there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.32,0:01:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You select the election\Nthat you're interested in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.46,0:01:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you pick the candidates.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.88,0:01:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the candidates from\Nthe recent presidential election
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.49,0:01:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the tiny island nation\Nof São Tomé and Príncipe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,199,000 inhabitants,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.29,0:01:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off the coast of west Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.74,0:01:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you can look at the brief summary\Nof each of those candidates
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.04,0:02:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I dearly hope is very neutral,\Nvery informative, and very succinct,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.71,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you've found the one you like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.77,0:02:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were the candidates in the recent\NIcelandic presidential election,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.40,0:02:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the way it goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.16,0:02:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why on Earth would you want to vote\Nin another country's election?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.97,0:02:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the reason that you wouldn't\Nwant to do it, let me reassure you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.05,0:02:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in order to interfere in the democratic\Nprocesses of another country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.27,0:02:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the purpose at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.94,0:02:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, you can't,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.62,0:02:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because usually what I do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.10,0:02:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I release the results
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.03,0:02:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the electorate in each\Nindividual country has already voted,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.55,0:02:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there's no way that we could\Ninterfere in that process.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.46,0:02:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.26,0:02:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not particularly interested\Nin the domestic issues
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.94,0:02:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of individual countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.67,0:02:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what we're voting on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.99,0:02:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton\Nproposed to do for the Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.93,0:02:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is frankly none of our business.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.84,0:02:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something that only\NAmericans can vote on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.96,0:02:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, in the global vote, you're only\Nconsidering one aspect of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.53,0:03:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what are those leaders\Ngoing to do for the rest of us?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.83,0:03:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's so very important
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.31,0:03:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we live,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.50,0:03:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as no doubt you're sick\Nof hearing people tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.76,0:03:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a globalized, hyperconnected,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.22,0:03:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,massively interdependent world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.21,0:03:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the political decisions\Nof people in other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.59,0:03:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can and will have an impact on our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.08,0:03:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter who we are,\Nno matter where we live.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.65,0:03:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the wings of the butterfly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.62,0:03:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beating on one side of the Pacific
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.96,0:03:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can apparently create
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.33,0:03:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a hurricane on the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.79,0:03:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it is with the world\Nthat we live in today
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.22,0:03:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world of politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.94,0:03:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no longer a dividing line between\Ndomestic and international affairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.02,0:03:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any country, no matter how small,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.75,0:03:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's São Tomé and Príncipe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.75,0:03:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could produce the next Nelson Mandela
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.29,0:03:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the next Stalin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.50,0:03:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could pollute the atmosphere\Nand the oceans, which belong to all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.74,0:03:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they could be responsible,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.28,0:03:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they could help all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.87,0:04:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, the system is so strange
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.74,0:04:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the system hasn't caught up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.46,0:04:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this globalized reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.81,0:04:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only a small number of people\Nare allowed to vote for those leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.51,0:04:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though their impact is gigantic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.47,0:04:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and almost universal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.38,0:04:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What number was it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.07,0:04:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,140 million Americans voted for\Nthe next president of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.64,0:04:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, as all of us knows,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.42,0:04:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a few weeks time, somebody is going\Nto hand over the nuclear launch codes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.13,0:04:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Donald J. Trump.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.04,0:04:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if that isn't having a potential\Nimpact on all of us, I don't know what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.91,0:04:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, the election for\Nthe referendum on the Brexit vote,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.02,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a small number of millions\Nof British people voted on that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the outcome of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.43,0:04:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whichever way it went,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.67,0:04:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have had a significant impact\Non the lives of tens,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.51,0:04:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of millions of people\Naround the worlc.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.04,0:04:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, only a tiny number could vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.26,0:04:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of democracy is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.72,0:04:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huge decisions that affect all of us
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.70,0:05:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being decided by relatively\Nvery small numbers of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.65,0:05:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know about you, but I don't\Nthink that sounds very democratic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.71,0:05:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm trying to clear it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.88,0:05:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.69,0:05:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't ask about domestic questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.69,0:05:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I only ever ask two questions\Nof all of the candidates.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.77,0:05:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I send them the same\Ntwo questions every single time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.64,0:05:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, one,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.89,0:05:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you get elected, what are you\Ngoing to do for the rest of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.01,0:05:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the remainder of the seven billion\Nwho live on this planet?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.69,0:05:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second question:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.35,0:05:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is your vision for your\Ncountry's future in the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.64,0:05:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What role do you see it playing?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.85,0:05:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every candidate, I send them\Nthose questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.62,0:05:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't all answer. Don't get me wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.76,0:05:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I reckon if you're standing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become the next President\Nof the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.03,0:05:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably pretty tied up\Nmost of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.39,0:05:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm not altogether surprised\Nthat they don't all answer, but many do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.42,0:05:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More every time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.04,0:05:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of them do much more than answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.10,0:05:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them answer in the most\Nenthusiastic and most exciting way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.06,0:05:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.95,0:05:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to say a word here\Nfor Saviour Chishimba,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.01,0:06:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was one of the candidates in\Nthe recent Zambian presidential election.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.50,0:06:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His answers to those two answers\Nwere basically an 18-page dissertation
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.24,0:06:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on his view of Zambia's\Npotential role in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.84,0:06:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the international community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.00,0:06:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I posted it on the website\Nso anybody could read it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.88,0:06:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Saviour won the global vote,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.96,0:06:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he didn't win the Zambian election.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.69,0:06:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I found myself wondering,\Nwhat am I going to do
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.33,0:06:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this extraordinary group of people?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.91,0:06:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got some wonderful people here\Nwho won the global vote.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.87,0:06:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We always get it wrong, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.86,0:06:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one that we elect is never\Nthe person who's elected
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.49,0:06:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the domestic electorate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.75,0:06:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may be partly because we always\Nseem to go for the woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.93,0:06:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it may also be a sign
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.90,0:06:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the domestic electorate\Nis still thinking very nationally.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.41,0:06:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're still thinking very inwardly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.65,0:06:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're still asking themselves,\Nwhat's in it for me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.04,0:06:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of what they should be\Nasking today, which is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.78,0:06:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's in it for we?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.31,0:06:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there you go. So suggestions, please,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.73,0:06:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not right now, but send me an email
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.63,0:07:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've got an idea about what\Nwe can do with this amazing team
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.38,0:07:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of glorious losers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.42,0:07:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got Saviour Chishimba,\Nwho I mentioned before.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.97,0:07:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got Halla Tómasdóttir,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.01,0:07:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was the runner up\Nin the Iceland presidential election.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.30,0:07:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you may have seen\Nher amazing talk at TEDWomen
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.68,0:07:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a few weeks ago
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.92,0:07:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she spoke about the need\Nfor more women to get into politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.53,0:07:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got Maria das Neves\Nfrom São Tomé and Príncipe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.70,0:07:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got Hillary Clinton.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.95,0:07:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if she's available.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.02,0:07:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got Jill Stein.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.84,0:07:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we covered also the election
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.09,0:07:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the next Secretary-General\Nof the United Nations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.73,0:07:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got the ex-Prime Minister\Nof New Zealand, who would be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.90,0:07:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wonderful member of the team.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.17,0:07:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think maybe those people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.57,0:07:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glorious loser's club,\Ncould travel around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.60,0:07:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever there's an election
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.05,0:07:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and remind people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.69,0:07:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the necessity in our modern age
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.07,0:07:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of thinking a little bit outwards
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.88,0:07:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking of\Nthe international consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.70,0:07:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what comes next for the global vote?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.26,0:07:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, obviously,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.48,0:08:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Donald and Hillary show\Nis a bit of a difficult one to follow,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.95,0:08:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are some other really\Nimportant elections coming up.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.80,0:08:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they seem to be multiplying.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.23,0:08:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something going on,\NI'm sure you've notice, in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.52,0:08:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next row of elections
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.11,0:08:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all critically important.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.87,0:08:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In just a few day's time we've got\Na re-run of the Austrian
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.16,0:08:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,presidential election,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.04,0:08:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the prospect of Norbert Hofer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.01,0:08:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming what is commonly described\Nas the first far-right head of state
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.78,0:08:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Europe since the Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.58,0:08:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next year we've got Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.01,0:08:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got France,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.17,0:08:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got presidential elections in Iran
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.44,0:08:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a dozen others.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.26,0:08:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't get less important.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.76,0:08:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gets more and more important.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.58,0:08:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly, the global vote is not\Na stand-alone project.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.50,0:08:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just there on its own.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.58,0:08:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has some background.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.34,0:08:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's part of a project which I launched
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.06,0:08:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 2014
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.36,0:08:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I called the Good Country.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.47,0:08:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of the Good Country
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.12,0:08:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is basically very simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.15,0:08:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my simple diagnosis of\Nwhat's wrong with the world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.74,0:09:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we can fix it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.12,0:09:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's wrong with the world\NI've already hinted at.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.41,0:09:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, we face an enormous\Nand growing number of gigantic,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.22,0:09:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,existential global challenges:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.52,0:09:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change, human rights abuses,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.83,0:09:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mass migration, terrorism,\Neconomic chaos, weapons proliferation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.18,0:09:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these problems which\Nthreaten to wipe us out
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.06,0:09:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are by their very nature\Nglobalized problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.72,0:09:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No individual country has the capability\Nof tackling them on its own.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.06,0:09:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so very obviously
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.79,0:09:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to cooperate\Nand we have to colllaborate
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.32,0:09:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as nations if we're going\Nto solve these problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.83,0:09:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so obvious, and yet we don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.26,0:09:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't do it nearly often enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.29,0:09:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the time, countries still persist\Nin behaving as if they were warring,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.22,0:09:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selfish tribes battling against each other
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.87,0:09:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much have they have done\Nsince the nation-state was invented
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.41,0:09:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds of years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.56,0:09:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this has got to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.51,0:09:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a change in political systems
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.62,0:10:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a change in ideology.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.92,0:10:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a change in culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.07,0:10:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all of us have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.33,0:10:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that thinking inwards is not the solution\Nto the world's problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.94,0:10:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to learn how to cooperate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.62,0:10:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and collaborate a great deal more
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.02,0:10:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compete just a tiny bit less.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.48,0:10:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise things are going to carry on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.50,0:10:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting bad
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.53,0:10:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're going to get much worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.78,0:10:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much sooner than we anticipate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.08,0:10:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This change will only happen
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.00,0:10:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we ordinary people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.70,0:10:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell our politicians\Nthat things have changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.54,0:10:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to tell them that\Nthe culture has changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.13,0:10:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to tell them\Nthat they've got a new mandate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.66,0:10:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old mandate was very simple
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.09,0:10:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very single:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.81,0:10:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're in a position of power\Nor authority, you're responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.32,0:10:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your own people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.81,0:10:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own tiny slice of territory,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.78,0:10:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.36,0:10:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if in order to do the best thing\Nfor your own people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.39,0:10:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you screw over everybody else\Non the planet, that's even better.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.64,0:10:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's considered to be a bit macho.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.22,0:10:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I think everybody in a position\Nof power and responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.70,0:10:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has got a dual mandate,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.41,0:11:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which says if you're in a position\Nof power and responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.98,0:11:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're responsible for your own people\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.74,0:11:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for every single man, woman,\Nchild, and animal on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.56,0:11:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're responsible for your own\Nslice of territory and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.28,0:11:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for every single square mile\Nof the Earth's surface
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.69,0:11:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the atmosphere above it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.76,0:11:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't like that responsibility,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.36,0:11:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should not be in power.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.42,0:11:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That for me is the rule of the modern age,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.51,0:11:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the message that we've got\Nto get across to our politicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.72,0:11:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show them that that's\Nthe way things are done these days.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.43,0:11:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise, we're all screwed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.28,0:11:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a problem actually\Nwith Donald Trump's credo
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.43,0:11:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of America first.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.95,0:11:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to me that that's a pretty\Nbanal statement of politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.21,0:11:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have always done and probably\Nshould always do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.40,0:11:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course they're elected to represent\Nthe interests of their own people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.70,0:11:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I find so boring\Nand so old-fashioned
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.72,0:11:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so unimaginative\Nabout his take on that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.34,0:11:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that America first means\Neveryone else last,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.79,0:11:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that making America great again\Nmeans making everybody else small again,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.79,0:12:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.93,0:12:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my job as a policy advisor\Nover the last 20 years or so,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.78,0:12:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen so many hundreds of examples
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.89,0:12:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of policies that harmonize
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.62,0:12:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the international and the domestic needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.03,0:12:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they make better policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.00,0:12:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not asking nations to be altruistic
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.00,0:12:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or self-sacrificing.\NThat would be ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.00,0:12:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No nation would ever do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.06,0:12:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm asking them to wake up\Nand understand that we need a new
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.37,0:12:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form of governance, which is possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.62,0:12:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which harmonizes those two needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.72,0:12:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those good for our own people\Nand those good for everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.72,0:12:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the U.S. election and since Brexit
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.06,0:12:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's become more and more obvious to me\Nthat those old distinctions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.22,0:12:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of left wing and right wing\Nno longer make sense anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.57,0:12:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They really don't fit the pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.92,0:12:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does seem to matter today
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.35,0:12:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.01,0:12:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether your view of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.07,0:12:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you take comfort from looking\Ninwards and backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.59,0:12:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether, like me, you find hope\Nin looking forwards and outwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.53,0:13:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the new politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.22,0:13:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the new division that is\Nsplitting the world right down the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.03,0:13:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that may sound judgmental,\Nbut it's not meant to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.96,0:13:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't at all misunderstand why\Nso many people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.32,0:13:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find their comfort in looking\Ninwards and backwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.85,0:13:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When times are difficult,\Nwhen you're short of money,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.04,0:13:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're feeling\Ninsecure and vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.38,0:13:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost a natural human\Ntendency to turn inwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.85,0:13:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think of your own needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.85,0:13:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to discard everybody else's,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.22,0:13:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perhaps to start to imagine\Nthat the past was somehow better
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.90,0:13:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the present or the future\Ncould ever be.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.18,0:13:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I happen to believe\Nthat that's a dead end.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.51,0:13:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History shows us that it's a dead end.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.77,0:13:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people turn inwards\Nand turn backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.86,0:13:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human progress becomes reversed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.55,0:13:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things get worse for everybody\Nvery quickly indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.99,0:13:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.50,0:13:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you believe in forwards and outwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.10,0:13:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you believe that the best thing
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.99,0:13:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about humanity is its diversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.71,0:13:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the best thing about globalization
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.68,0:14:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the way that it stirs up\Nthat diversity, that cultural mixture
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.51,0:14:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make something more creative,\Nmore exciting, more productive
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.96,0:14:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than there's ever been before\Nin human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.43,0:14:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then my friends we've got\Na job on our hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.08,0:14:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the inwards and backwards brigade
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.12,0:14:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are uniting as never before,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.75,0:14:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that creed of inwards and backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.06,0:14:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that fear, that anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.07,0:14:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing on the simplest instincts,\Nis sweeping across the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.52,0:14:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of us who believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.24,0:14:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I believe, in forwards and outwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.40,0:14:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to get ourselves organized,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.34,0:14:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because time is running out\Nvery, very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.69,0:14:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.29,0:14:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)