OPINION

Bashar al-Assad's strategy has enabled Islamic State to regain ground.

The EU is the world's slowest-growing economic bloc which discriminates against British economy.

There could be a perverse incentive to keep driving once the T-charge has been paid to get 'value for money'.

The new normal of regulatory overload isn't the end of the world, it's simply a new challenge

Zuckerberg and Gates got rich by creating something people want – we can't confiscate successful businesses.

Leavers are about to turn on the working people who were told that leaving the EU would solve their problems.

Voice-activated personal assistant appears in everything from speakers to cars and fridges.

By talking down our prospects, the pessimists encourage Brussels intransigence, and make a deal less likely.

Big Brother is a constant, unremitting attack on your sense of dignity, autonomy, mind and body.

A blunt statement that we're leaving the single market would mean nuances of negotiated agreements are lost.

Our stories are exciting enough to make it on screen – so why can't actors of colour get the roles?

Electric car companies are at war with each other over hundredths of a second and it isn't helping anyone.

He came off as a dictator, swatting relevant questions away like pesky flies.

Prisoners have been transferred but seldom freed.

The acting profession loves to take itself seriously, but tuxedos are less interesting than gowns.

Compared with the unruly and dodgy Trump, Obama was erudite, strategic, and decent.

Advising women to alter their behaviour to avoid being harassed or raped is not a solution.

It's now up to us to stand up for our collective vision of what the American dream can and should look like.

It could change the way we think about mental illness, if government remembers these three things.

From Tube to Southern Rail, this is a serious outbreak of industrial disruption - but unions can't be sued for damage.

Privatisation and austerity have a knock-on impact on care staff and the vulnerable people they look after.

Mark Carney and City economists prophesied a 'technical recession' but Britain has grown faster since the vote.

The sphere of economics has learnt to its cost that unorthodox thinking is not some inconvenient balderdash.

As a junior minister, I keenly felt the lack of political advisers.

Whether on the CIA, Berlin or Arnie's ratings on Celebrity Apprentice, Trump tweets show he is a danger.

Louise Mensch insisted the attack on the Istanbul nightclub was a false flag operation by Russia.

This is an empty action that says 'We don't like Trump', while presenting no ideas to enact change

Pratt revealed he missed out on roles for being "too fat" - what hope is there for the rest of us?

From millennial workers to IT-savvy finance directors, everyone is demanding more from their buildings.