Michael Portillo Articles

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Swedish Report: Stockholm Violent Gang Leaders Have Migration Background

A Swedish news outlet has revealed that 17 of 32 gang leaders committing violence in Stockholm were born overseas, with the other 15 born in Sweden but from migration backgrounds.

Chris Tomlinson

22 Feb 2020, 1:44 AM PDT

Police work at the site where an explosion damaged a residential building in central Stockholm on January 13, 2020. - Several nearby cars were also damaged by the blast, the cause of which was not known, in the affluent neighbourhood of Ostermalm. (Photo by Anders WIKLUND / various sources / …

Former Tory MP: TV Tax Won’t Survive, BBC Like ‘Polar Bear on a Receding Piece of Ice’

Former Conservative MP Michael Portillo has said that the BBC will not survive in its current TV tax-funded model, comparing it to a “polar bear on a receding piece of ice”.

Victoria Friedman

21 Feb 2020, 4:57 AM PDT

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 29: General View of BBC Broadcasting House on January 29, 2020 in London, England. The BBC announced today that it is to cut 450 jobs by 2022 in an effort to save GBP 80 Million. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)