Victor Hill

How to save the NHS

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) has been scarred by systemic failures in healthcare provision. To meet current aspirations it needs…

Who falls first – Mr Trump or Madam Market?

The tide has turned for Mr Trump’s political fortunes. Thus far his credibility has been inextricably linked with the fortunes…

The New Scramble for Africa

Mrs May has been visiting the three largest economies in Africa this week – South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. These…

The News from Planet Musk

Just one year ago Elon Musk, the driving force behind Tesla and SpaceX was being hailed as one of the…

Not all FAANGs are the same – some have more teeth than others (Part 2)

Part two of two... Just over a week after Facebook lost a fifth of its value in a day, Apple…

Not all FAANGs are the same – some have more teeth than others

Just over a week after Facebook lost a fifth of its value in a day, Apple became the first trillion…

Is France’s President thinking of ‘doing a Putin’?

France’s President Macron is a man with great power and Napoleonic ambition. Though there is a lot that could go…

Tax hikes or spending cuts? No – both!

The conventional wisdom is that in the autumn UK budget in November the Chancellor will have to raise taxes or…

Trump-Putin: the secret deal they’ve done revealed

When Presidents Trump and Putin met in Helsinki on 16 July they understood one another perfectly. What they agreed will…

Brexit: The Tipping Point

The UK government finally published the long-awaited white paper on the shape of Brexit on 12 July. Just how soft…