Welcome to the Twitchy Twenties. This is what we christened the decade we are currently travelling through in our latest Global Trends Report.

The reaction of global stock and bond markets to the Silicon Valley Bank crisis is just a symptom of a world that is seemingly more uncertain than ever. Public health crisis, followed by a cost of living crisis, and now a banking crisis means more than ever voters want action. Even the libertarian venture capitalists of California, who last week ran for help from a Government they previously derided as useless and ineffective, quite like activist Government when it suits them.