Ratcliffe condemned, issues partial apology

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Tim Bale

@timbale.bsky.social

Kudos to whoever it was at the @financialtimes.com who went with those air-quotes!

Jim Ratcliffe says he is ‘sorry’ for offending ‘some people’ with immigration remarks

Ineos founder has come under pressure to apologise for claim the UK was being ‘colonised’

www.ft.com

February 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM

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WuTangIsForTheChildren

@wutangforchildren.bsky.social

The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!

February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)

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I wrote for the Guardian about why Jim Ratcliffe's talk of Britain being "colonised" by immigrants crosses the line between legitimate debate and inflammatory rhetoric. It fuses echoes of Powellism with great replacement conspiracies of "civilisational erasure"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Forget Jim Ratcliffe’s half-apology: to speak of immigrants ‘colonising’ Britain is wrong and sinister | Sunder Katwala

He fused an echo of Enoch Powell with the spirit of the far right’s great replacement theory. This is no way to progress a humane migration debate, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM

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The Bear

@bearlypolitics.co.uk

Speaking as an immigrant out of Monaco, Sir Jim Ratcliffe told us this week that Britain has been “colonised”.

Except that Britain still writes its own laws, controls its own borders and governs its own migration system.

Almost as though he doesn’t have the foggiest what he’s talking about.

When Sir Jim Ratcliffe Plays the Colonised

As someone raised in a country shaped by British colonial rule, I know what domination looks like. Migration under UK law isn’t it.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

February 13, 2026 at 9:44 AM

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Everyone Hates Elon

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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….

📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way

February 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM

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Best for Britain

@bestforbritain.org

In 2020, Jim Ratcliffe moved his fortune to Monaco, saving himself an estimated £4 billion in tax.

In the same year, immigrants in the UK contributed around £20 billion in tax.

That says it all.

Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial

Editorial: Comments on the ‘colonisation of the UK’ by the co-owner of Manchester United were erroneous, crass and a gif

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM

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Rob Davies

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The Guardian's Jillian Ambrose unpicks the many tens of millions in state support that Jim Ratcliffe's businesses have accepted, after the billionaire railed against people on benefits (and claimed Britain was being "colonised" by immigrants while himself having moved to tax-free Monaco).

Ratcliffe says immigrants cost too much, while Ineos lobbies for state funding

Billionaire’s business has in recent years claimed UK and EU support for refineries and chemicals plants worth about €800m

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM

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The National

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Viewers have slammed Fiona Bruce's claim that Jim Ratcliffe is 'creating jobs' in the UK after Grangemouth closed under his ownership

Viewers slam Fiona Bruce claim Jim Ratcliffe 'creating jobs' after Grangemouth shut

www.thenational.scot

February 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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Ben Ansell

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Football365 just went there anyway..

www.football365.com/news/jim-rat...

Man Utd chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe given full c-word treatment

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is a 'colossal t*t' who deserves a colossal kicking for his views on immigration.

www.football365.com

February 13, 2026 at 8:40 AM

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@bobhudson.bsky.social

Looks like the biggest scrounger looking for handouts from the UK taxpayer is Ratcliffe himself. And he doesn’t even live here! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ratcliffe says immigrants cost too much, while Ineos lobbies for state funding

Billionaire’s business has in recent years claimed UK and EU support for refineries and chemicals plants worth about €800m

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM

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Gerry Hassan

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Remember that Jim Ratcliffe was one of the billionaires who bankrolled the Brexit Leave campaign.

February 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM

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Sarah Murphy

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This is the best explainer I’ve seen on Ratcliffe’s motives for his racist outburst. We shouldn’t enter into any ‘debate’ on immigration on these terms. It’s a deeply dishonest and dangerous call to arms by cynical people who prioritise profit over everything else
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

So yes, there is this point of view. You could very easily be cynical, jaded, lost in realpolitik at the revelation that Ratcliffe feels it useful to pretend Britain is in economic difficulty because of an invading army of foreigners.
And that Nigel Farage, arch deregulator, seems, in his disinterested view, an entirely reasonable voice on this topic.
Let us be clear about what is happening here.
There is very little chance Ratcliffe feels any of this deeply. But he does know that a slash-and-burn Reform government would be good for business. With his Ineos hat on Ratcliffe has spoken publicly about the problems of doing business in the current version of a non-EU UK. He wants a harder out.
Immigration is just a wedge issue in this dynamic, a way of pressing those buttons. If Ratcliffe actually gives a personal toss about this, is actually losing any sleep about its effects on "everyday people", I will gladly eat my own arm. This is pre-electioneering on behalf of the super-wealthy. A powerful person with skin in the game is trying to influence people into voting a certain way.

February 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM

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Paul J Davies

@pauljdavies.bsky.social

Very good. Ratcliffe crossed a line. He needs to own that.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15h

I wrote for the Guardian about why Jim Ratcliffe's talk of Britain being "colonised" by immigrants crosses the line between legitimate debate and inflammatory rhetoric. It fuses echoes of Powellism with great replacement conspiracies of "civilisational erasure"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Forget Jim Ratcliffe’s half-apology: to speak of immigrants ‘colonising’ Britain is wrong and sinister | Sunder Katwala

He fused an echo of Enoch Powell with the spirit of the far right’s great replacement theory. This is no way to progress a humane migration debate, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future

www.theguardian.com

February 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM

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Gerry Hassan

@gerryhassan.bsky.social

UK politics & the language used is now defined by far-right, dehumanising & racist terminology. Farage now defends Ratcliffe's "colonisation" comments; while no surprise that a self-selecting poll of Sun readers shows their support: racists supporting racist comments.

February 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM

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Adam Smethurst 🍉

@adamsmet66.bsky.social

Through his words Jim Ratcliffe told us who he is. Division and hatred must be rejected.
Adventure, ambition, courage and hope.
United we stand, divided we fall.
#mufc #manchesterunited #hopenothate

February 13, 2026 at 11:47 AM

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Paul J Davies

@pauljdavies.bsky.social

Cool clip from Nick robinson’s Political Thinking pod with Farage. They’re discussing Ratcliffe and immigration numbers and Farage’s facts and Nick says: I don’t want to get into an argument about the pros and cons of immigration!

What the hell else are you debating about it?! This is dumb as sht

February 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM

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