A billboard praising immigrants has been displayed outside Old Trafford after Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe claimed that the UK had been “colonised” by migrants. He incorrectly claimed that the UK population had risen by 12 million since 2020 - it has risen by an estimated 2.7 million. He has since apologised for his comments. On Friday (13 February), British protest group Everybody Hates Elon released a video showing the installation of a poster outside the stadium which read: “Immigrants have done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever will.” Sir Jim has been living in tax-free Monaco since 2020.

Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits

Sir Keir Starmer said comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner were "offensive and wrong".

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

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…

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

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

Founder of chemicals giant Ineos, which received £120m in UK aid last year, said immigration is ‘costing too much’

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

Labour mayor condemns billionaire's claim UK being 'colonised by immigrants' as ‘against everything for which Manchester has traditionally stood’

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

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

A billboard praising immigrants has been displayed outside Old Trafford after Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe claimed that the UK had been “colonised” by migrants. He…

Sports editor Dan Roan analyses the potential fallout of Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe's comments on immigration.