Paul Rouse: It is always amusing to hear the Olympic movement claim that it lives above politics

The very structural organisation of the Olympics is deeply political in itself.

FACING EVIL: German dictator Adolf Hitler shakes hands with British rower Jack Beresford after he and Leslie Frank ‘Dick’ Southwood won the double sculls event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Also present are members of the German gymnastics team. Picture: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

When the Olympics start in Tokyo later this month, it feels almost inevitable that at least one political cause will use this ultimate international platform to advance an agenda.

This will take some form of gesture of protest (whether violent or non-violent); it is not difficult to believe that individuals or organisations are currently deep in the planning for this.