LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday condemned comments by billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, who said Britain had been “colonised by immigrants” in a broadcast interview, calling the remarks offensive and urging him to apologise.
Ratcliffe, the founder of chemicals group INEOS and minority owner of Manchester United, told Sky News that Britain faced “huge levels of immigrants coming in” and argued that the country “has been colonised”, saying migration was “costing too much money”.
“Offensive and wrong. Britain is a proud, tolerant and diverse country. Jim Ratcliffe should apologise,” Starmer said later in a post on X.
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(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti and William James; editing by Edward Tobin)
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