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Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
Politics•February 11, 2026 at 10:18 PMNational

Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants

By Joe Coughlan and Rob Davies•The Guardian - UK News

PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’Keir Starmer has said Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his comments that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants.In an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Britain’s seventh-richest man, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants. Continue reading...

PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’

Keir Starmer has said Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for his comments that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants.

In an interview with Sky News on Wednesday, Britain’s seventh-richest man,whomoved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants.

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