By Julia Onslow Cole By year end, over half of the world’s population will have participated in a national election.With so many voters going to the polls, and the potential for disruptive transitions, concernsabout widespread political uncertainty have been chipping away at economic sentiment formuch of 2024. Given the wider global economic and geopolitical headwinds, this uncertaintyrisks dragging much of the world – not least the UK – into recession, scuppering the ‘softlanding’ that central banks have been trying desperately to deliver. Unless the world’sleading governments – His Majesty’s…