Beth Malcolm is Scottish based Journalist at Heriot-Watt University studying French and British Sign Language. She is originally from the north west of England but is living in Edinburgh to complete her studies.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered his colleagues not to retaliate against what London sees as a recent provocation from Paris in a bid to de-escalate tensions with French president Emmanuel Macron. It seems that Johnson is convinced that Macron will win
In June, negotiations to prevent Iran going nuclear fell apart, but they are set to resume in a bid to prevent a nuclear arms race in the Middel East or a regional escalation and conflict. Although talks were ended by Donald Trump,
We hear lots of supposedly amazing ideas coming out of Brussels, but we must really consider whether things are being presented in the correct way. For example, the EU’s Global Gateway initiative is supposed to result in $340bn of investment in infrastructure
On the 5th December in Brussels, demonstrations in Brussels turned violent, as protestors began firing at police officers with cobblestones and fireworks. The police had to retaliate, firing teargas and using water cannons in an attempt to disperse the crowd of protestors.
The Labour Party has said that it has been hit by a “cyber incident”, meaning that a “significant quantity” of its members’ data became inaccessible. The impact of the incident, which affected an external supplier, is not yet clear. Labour is
Boris Johnson’s efforts to change the House of Commons standards regime, thus saving the career of former Tory minister Owen Paterson, were ruined on Thursday when he was forced into a huge U-turn. Facing intensive criticism from the opposition parties as
Bankrolled by trade unions, a campaign in support of a bill to end this practice will come to a head before the bill’s second reading on Friday the 29th of October 2021. Although Boris Johnson and other ministers have condemned the tactic,
For a large part of the year, threat and accusations have been traded between British and French ministers whilst deciding upon the post-Brexit arrangements for fishing waters. This row seems to finally be reaching the forefront of the debate. When the UK
Minister of State for Health of UK, Edward Argar has said that the pressure on the NHS remains ‘sustainable’ in response to calls to reintroduce some Covid restrictions due to skyrocketing cases. Despite the British Medical Association demanding the return of measures
Like many other sectors, the NHS has been hit hard by the pandemic. With the National Health Service under greater strain than ever before, the government has been scrambling to bring in new and innovative measures to reduce the pressure. The NHS
