Opinion

A focus group in Newcastle-Under-Lyme showed voters hold little optimism for the future, Edelman's public affairs MD James Morris writes.
Neither the Labour Party nor the Tories have a functional plan for today’s British foreign policy, Chuka Umunna writes.
We are living in a hostile environment, which is quietly eroding disability rights behind closed doors, campaigner Susan McKinstery writes.
The truth is, it’s more like an egg in a microwave, with his plan exploding and taking a lot of clearing up, Gina Miller writes.
While the university's role in owning people is long over, its role in enlightening them is just beginning, journalist Alex Mistlin writes.
A record number of people are dying, and working class people in Dundee aren't surprised, journalist Ewan Gurr writes.
Johnson declining to participate in Channel 4's climate change debate confirms what we already know – he doesn't care, Green peer Baroness Jenny Jones writes.
Despite the fantastic progress in HIV science, public attitudes have not kept up, Terrence Higgins Trust CEO Ian Green writes.
Voting for a party that has sent ructions of fear through a historically persecuted community is morally repugnant, Andrew Morris writes.
We've always known sexism is bad for women's mental health – now we can prove it, Young Women's Trust CEO Sophie Walker writes.