Owner apologises over colonised comment

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by Jonathan Portes Reposted by Stuart White

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Jonathan Portes

@jdportes.bsky.social

Just a pathetic non-apology. If your intention is to talk about "controlled, well-managed immigration" you don't spout racist bullshit about "colonisation."

February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM

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Jo Wolff

@jowolff.bsky.social

When you get the cheapest AI module on the market to write your apology:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

Ratcliffe says sorry his language 'offended some people' after criticism of immigration comments - live updates

The Man Utd co-owner says it's important to talk about

www.bbc.co.uk

February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM

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by Will Jennings

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Will Jennings📉🗳️

@drjennings.bsky.social

Jim Ratcliffe should pay his taxes like the rest of us or shut up.

February 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)

@sundersays.bsky.social

Jim Ratcliffe has issued a bland and generic statement about economic policy which does not engage at all with what he got wrong, or why saying the UK has been colonised has been legitimately criticised. Nor does he seem to retract his language of colonisation in gesturing towards a semi-apology

February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM

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Parody Nigel Farage

@parodypm.bsky.social

Jim Ratcliffe has my full support. Anyone who lies about population figures, claims £120m in public money for his own company after paying no UK tax at all, while immigrants pay at least £15bn is my kind of guy!

February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM

by Geoff Pearson

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Geoff Pearson

@profgeoffpearson.bsky.social

Good to see MUST and the 1958 speaking out against this. If you want to own a football club whose fans are going to be ok with your casual racism, buying United wasn't a sensible choice.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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’

www.theguardian.com

February 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM

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Ben Rosamond

@benrosamond1.bsky.social

Perhaps there’s a missing paragraph where he talks about paying his taxes?

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 22h

Ratcliffe's non-apology apology...

February 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM

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Max Wilkinson MP

@maxwilkinson.bsky.social

My response to Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Sky News interview 👇

February 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM

by Margot C. Finn Reposted by Robert Bickers

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Margot Finn

@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

The 20th-century globe, as 'colonised by immigrants'.

Map of the British empire in the 20th century, prior to decolonisation. Canada, significant portions of Africa, India, Australia, NZ etc in red, with areas not then (20th c.) colonised by British depicted in white, with blue oceanic background.

February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM

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Peter Holmes

@pholmes8.bsky.social

@edconway.bsky.social 's Sky article on the interview notes the error (lie?) immediately after he quotes Ratcliffe's figures. But Chris Mason and BBC R4 Today didn't mention this, even though article on BBC news website does.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Mason failing to point out that Ratcliffe's immigration numbers were untruthful

February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM

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Charlie Beckett

@charliebeckett.bsky.social

Why is the BBC amd other media goving such prominence to factually inaccurate remarks of a unelected Monaco resident? And it wasn't 'an apology' www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

Ratcliffe says sorry his language 'offended some people' after criticism of immigration comments - live updates

The Man Utd co-owner says it's important to talk about

www.bbc.co.uk

February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM

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@bobhudson.bsky.social

A classic ‘sorry not sorry’ insult…
news.sky.com/story/politi...

Politics latest: Sir Jim Ratcliffe 'sorry choice of language has offended some people' after UK 'colonised' comments

Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said "sorry that my choice of language has offended some people" after he told Sky News the UK has been "colonised" by immigrants. Follow the latest p...

news.sky.com

February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Peter Holmes

@pholmes8.bsky.social

Sky pointed put the falsehood directly on their website BBC website has now followed.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...

'UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe

In an interview with Sky News's Ed Conway, Sir Jim says Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.

news.sky.com

February 12, 2026 at 12:33 PM

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Roland Smith

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Ratcliffe's non-apology apology...

February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM

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Ernesto Priego

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A man who lives in Monaco and continues to obscenely profit from a global brand behind an international squad (19 out of 26 of ManU players not born in the UK) www.theguardian.com/business/202...