How UK Politics Affects Business and Finance: Four Prime Ministers and a Fifth on the Way
The UK is heading for its fifth prime minister since 2020. This article explains how repeated leadership changes have affected business costs, tax, trade, borrowing and market confidence and how companies and financiers assess politics......
Global debt is becoming harder to ignore
Global debt is no longer just a background issue for governments. With public debt near historic highs, interest payments rising and...
Is Syria a Lost Story?
Syria is not a lost story because nothing is happening. It is a lost story because the world stopped paying attention...
Climate Targets Are Losing Political Priority
Climate targets still exist, but they are no longer driving the political agenda in the same way. As governments deal with...
Understanding politics from a financial lens
Earlier in my career I used to treat politics as background noise until my deals got materially impacted and halted when...