OPINION

Is the global obsession with sports' leaders a reflection of dissatisfaction with political leaders?

It would be shocking if they did something to genuinely jeopardise their fortune for socio-economic justice.

Trump's policies would be a backward step, but the elite continue to ignore working-class concerns.

Debates usually end up referencing the Nazis, but glib invocations of the Holocaust are a kind of forgetting.

Celebrations to mark the displacement of thousands of Palestinians in 1948 bring us no closer to freedom.

Supporters of Brexit want to see Britain engage more fully with both Europe and the world.

Haydn Shaughnessy, author of Platform Disruption Wave, talks about China's platform-based global power play.

Explosive evidence should prompt investigation and overhaul of British policy towards Yemen.

The British working class is slowly being replaced by a foreign-born politically-disenfranchised labour force.

Former Labour deputy Harriet Harman has warned the EU referendum campaign has been dominated by men.

The tactical vote was significant, with thousands casting an anti-Hofer rather than pro-Van der Bellen vote.

Boris Johnson is touring the country on a bus that manages to have three lies emblazoned upon it.

Obesity epidemic isn't down to wrong dietary advice, it's because we eat too much and refuse to follow advice.

Influential feminism can become a closed shop and self-reverential, ignoring class divide.

The rest of the world is moving toward innovation that will deliver a truly sustainable low carbon future.

As many sportswomen criticise sexism, we approach a tipping point in a struggle that's gone on for centuries.

We should not boycott the factory, but expand the options available to poor developing world workers.

A new generation of apps promises to alleviate Africa's transportation woes

Restricting ourselves deprives us of the richness and complexity of thought that we desperately need.

We don't find prejudice morally credible when applied to people, but we're content to apply it to animals.

It's fashionable to like the Royals – their support for mental health reflects a move forward in ending stigma.

Perhaps the biggest myth of the internet is that it is free and open.

Our borders remain wide open to anyone from the EU, and Germany now calls all the shots.

Zany Brexit campaign highlights intense divisions within the Conservatives and exposes the limits of Boris.

Or is the presenter truly hurt by the media storm surrounding him?

Unequal treatment of white collar corruption is approaching developing world standards.

Nail-biting, popcorn-munching, last-minute photo finish between Russia and Ukraine was Eurovision at its best.

This is a bad message to countries being vilified for turning public broadcasters into state broadcasters.

Women's appearance, including make-up, shoes and clothes, are regularly policed across a variety of workplaces.