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Ratcliffe backlash: outrage over Manchester United boss comments | The Latest

The Monaco-based billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has said he is sorry that his ‘choice of language has offended some people’, after growing outrage over his comments that the UK was being ‘colonised by immigrants’. Lucy Hough speaks to the sports writer and columnist Jonathan Liew.

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mercoledì 11 febbraio 2026·theguardian.com
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits
mercoledì 11 febbraio 2026·bbc.com
PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer said comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner were "offensive and wrong".

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

Minister escalates row with ‘hypocritical’ Ratcliffe over claim UK colonised by immigrants – politics live

Justice minister says ‘man who moved to Monaco to save tax is now lecturing us about immigration’

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

ilsecoloxix.it

“Paese colonizzato dagli immigrati”: Manchester United, bufera su Jim Ratcliffe

La frase non è sfuggita ai critici del magnate, che non hanno tardato a ricordare come Sir Jim abbia spostato la propria residenza fiscale nel paradiso tax-fre…

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

elpais.com

Jim Ratcliffe, dueño del Manchester United, declara que “el Reino Unido ha sido colonizado por inmigrantes” y recibe la reprimenda del…

Keir Starmer ha exigido al empresario copropietario del club británico con más aficionados en el mundo que pida disculpas

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

Jim Ratcliffe accused of hypocrisy after saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants

Manchester United co-owner, who lives in Monaco, faces growing backlash for using ‘far-right narratives’

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

Minister and Burnham escalate row with ‘hypocritical’ Ratcliffe over claim UK colonised by immigrants – politics live

Labour mayor of Greater Manchester joins those criticising Ratcliffe over his comments

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

FA to look at whether Jim Ratcliffe broke football rules by saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants

The FA will look at whether Jim Ratcliffe brought the game into disrepute through his claims that the UK has been ‘colonised’ by immigrants

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

aljazeera.com

Man Utd co-owner Ratcliffe’s anti-immigrant rhetoric sparks outrage in UK

Fan fury grows, with club's supporters accusing tycoon of echoing ‘far-right narratives’ that have ‘real-world' impact.

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

bbc.com

Jim Ratcliffe sorry language 'offended some' after immigration comments

The Manchester United co-owner previously claimed the UK had been "colonised" by immigrants.

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

arabnews.com

Ratcliffe says he is sorry his UK ‘colonized by immigrants’ remark offended some

LONDON: British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe said on Thursday he was sorry he had offended some people by saying the country had been “colonized by immigrants,” after Prime Minister…

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

independent.co.uk

Ratcliffe apologises for claiming UK ‘colonised’ by migrants as FA looks into remarks

The Ineos founder said he was sorry if he ‘offended some people’ with his remarks, but insisted that is important to ‘raise the issue of controlled and well-managed immigration…

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

Ratcliffe backlash: outrage over Manchester United boss comments | The Latest

The Monaco-based billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has said he is sorry that his ‘choice of language has offended some people’, after growing outrage over his comments that the UK was…

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

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 gift to divisive forces in British society

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

telegraph.co.uk

The broken benefits system that has enraged Jim Ratcliffe

The industrialist’s comments have sparked widespread outrage, but it’s hard to argue with the data

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

Football must reject Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s cynical, self-serving electioneering | Barney Ronay

Tax exile has already proven himself a terrible club owner; now his ill-informed diatribe about immigration has poured fuel on wider flames

venerdì 13 febbraio 2026·

telegraph.co.uk

Sir Jim Ratcliffe created a problem Manchester United could not ignore

Co-owner’s likening of immigrants to ‘colonisers’ has put him at odds with the club’s commercial obligation to be as welcoming as possible

venerdì 13 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

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…

venerdì 13 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

‘It’s ridiculous’: Maro Itoje dismisses Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘colonisation’ comments

The England captain Maro Itoje said the Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comments about immigration are ‘so far from the truth’

venerdì 13 febbraio 2026·

theguardian.com

Blaming immigrants for problems is wrong, says Pep Guardiola after Ratcliffe comments

Manchester City’s manager, Pep Guardiola, has said that blaming a country’s issues on immigrants is ‘a big problem’ after comments made by the Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim…

UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'

Minister escalates row with ‘hypocritical’ Ratcliffe over claim UK colonised by immigrants – politics live

“Paese colonizzato dagli immigrati”: Manchester United, bufera su Jim Ratcliffe

Jim Ratcliffe, dueño del Manchester United, declara que “el Reino Unido ha sido colonizado por inmigrantes” y recibe la reprimenda del…

Jim Ratcliffe accused of hypocrisy after saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants

Minister and Burnham escalate row with ‘hypocritical’ Ratcliffe over claim UK colonised by immigrants – politics live

FA to look at whether Jim Ratcliffe broke football rules by saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants

Man Utd co-owner Ratcliffe’s anti-immigrant rhetoric sparks outrage in UK

Jim Ratcliffe sorry language 'offended some' after immigration comments

Ratcliffe says he is sorry his UK ‘colonized by immigrants’ remark offended some

Ratcliffe apologises for claiming UK ‘colonised’ by migrants as FA looks into remarks

Ratcliffe backlash: outrage over Manchester United boss comments | The Latest

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

The broken benefits system that has enraged Jim Ratcliffe

Football must reject Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s cynical, self-serving electioneering | Barney Ronay

Sir Jim Ratcliffe created a problem Manchester United could not ignore

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

‘It’s ridiculous’: Maro Itoje dismisses Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘colonisation’ comments

Blaming immigrants for problems is wrong, says Pep Guardiola after Ratcliffe comments