Clovelly Lectures

At #LandTalks @ClovellyLecture today Jonathan Baker, Policy Lead from #DEFRA discussed the future of farming, Environmental Land Management #ELM and better rewards for farmers; Alex Robinson on unlocking nature's capital

Sir Mark concludes by pointing towards fiction to determine what it will be like in a 100 years post nation states : a #GlobalGovernment? post-apocalyptic groupings based on #tribal units ?

Mass Migration and Terrorism acting as a huge pressure on the nation state!

Governments finding it increasingly difficult to control the internet. Corporations and Religions do not respect borders

The EU has taken power away from the nation state

The nation-state a relatively late concept and the reality is that the pressures on it are enormous

Sir Mark Lyall Grant thinks we are coming to the end of the nation-state with power seeping away from Governments

Britain's special relationship with the #US is unequal

We must be careful not to destroy what we built up in the last 75 years

We need to find ways to co-operate with China. Americans perhaps can at this stage but at a later stage it will be detrimental to them

We cannot afford to have another #coldwar with #China

Bringing #India into as many #alliances possible is very important according to the speaker

#China most opposed to the expansion of the security council - anti #Japan anti #India

#China worried about India's growth

Q from the Director: How can #India help as a free and liberal democracy in the Pacific?

A #Commonwealth dimension of the #Anglosphere ?

It was quite clear according to Sir Mark that #ScottishIndependence would be more damaging than #Brexit

UK diplomats represent the underlying characteristics of the United Kingdom that transcend political boundaries

The UK remains the 3rd top #Cyber Power in the world

There is no inherent reason why Britain's place should be down because of Brexit.