We live in uncertain times, as 2017 appears to refuse to give the world much rest. Our friends in the corporate world have seen their darling investee Uber, the US-based ride-hailing company, fall into disrepute, face a lawsuit from autonomous driving technology developer Waymo, fire its chief executive and co-founder Travis Kalanick amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment at the company and then lose its licence in London.

In the government world, UK-based and Ireland-based businesses have been facing the…