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18.02.26 - 16:36
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Jim Ratcliffe′s shameless comments signal soccer′s turn toward total Trumpism | Leander Schaerlaeckens (The Guardian)
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What made the Manchester United co-owner's anti-immigrant screed so revolting was his brazen willingness to say it all out loud. Remind you of anyone?Did British petrochemicals billionaire and Manchester United's controlling minority owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, really mean it when he proclaimed to Sky News that “the UK is being colonized by immigrants”?Is Ratcliffe simply a gutter racist or actually making a cynical political play that may redound to his benefit down the line when Britain faces down yet another period of political upheaval as the country's old factions continue to fracture? There's reasonable debate to be had there. Continue reading......
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17.02.26 - 23:42
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Jim Ratcliffe′s repugnant words have sullied Manchester United′s reputation | Letters (The Guardian)
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Readers respond to the billionaire Manchester United co-owner's remark that 'the UK is being colonised by immigrants'In response to the billionaire industrialist and Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe's historically, economically and culturally illiterate and deeply offensive remark that “the UK is being colonised by immigrants”, it was fitting that he should be rebuked, albeit only implicitly, in a statement issued by the football club amid a tsunami of condemnation from politicians, club supporters and anti-racist groups (Jim Ratcliffe apologises for 'choice of language' after saying immigrants 'colonising' UK, 12 February).Quite rightly, Ratcliffe's words are now being investigated by the Football Association. As a lifelong Manchester United fan, I have no doubt that Ratcliffe has brought the game into disrepute and sullied the club's reputation. His vile comments constitute a failure of moral leadership and a betrayal of the club's proud and pivotal role in the anti-racism work of...
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17.02.26 - 14:57
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In Defense Of Sir Jim Ratcliffe (ZeroHedge)
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In Defense Of Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Authored by Charles Johnson via TheCritic.co.uk,
Far more energy has gone into condemning his phrasing than confronting the questions he raised...
Sir Jim Ratcliffe's statement that Britain has been “colonised by immigrants” has sparked a fierce reaction.
From Starmer to Bluesky, to the Athletic and all the football social media pundits in between, the co-owner of Manchester United has been bombarded with the same attack lines repeatedly.
He has been called a tax dodging, racist immigrant hypocrite.
Such an uproar has flared up in such a short space of time because Ratcliffe is radically different from those who have issued similar statements before. Ratcliffe is not a political figure: you do not see billionaires nor football club owners voicing discontent like this. The pushback has been fierce because Ratcliffe has no political incentive to say any of this. He isn't running for office, seeking favour, or chasing votes — which makes his intervention ...
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17.02.26 - 13:03
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Manchester United plc Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings Report Date (Business Wire)
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MANCHESTER, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Manchester United plc (NYSE: MANU), announces that it will report results for the second quarter fiscal 2026 period ended 31 December 2025 via press release on 25 February 2026 at 7:00 AM EST.
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13.02.26 - 07:30
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Football must reject Sir Jim Ratcliffe′s cynical, self-serving electioneering | Barney Ronay (The Guardian)
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Tax exile has already proven himself a terrible club owner; now his ill-informed diatribe about immigration has poured fuel on wider flamesWell I, for one, am shocked. Shocked to learn that a tax-exiled English expat who made his billions squeezing chemical plants doesn't have liberal, let alone accurate, views on immigration. Or at least, in public anyway.It seems highly likely Sir Jim Ratcliffe knew what he was doing in the course of his now semi-recanted Sky News interview. And it is above all vital that at least one part of his empire of influence – football, sport, Manchester United – rejects it, as the club have done to some extent in their statement. Continue reading......
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13.02.26 - 07:30
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Guardian view on Sir Jim Ratcliffe: Britain does not need political lectures from a billionaire tax exile | Editorial (The Guardian)
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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 societyIn 2020, the year Sir Jim Ratcliffe moved his huge fortune to Monaco, migrants in the United Kingdom made tax contributions estimated to be worth around £20bn. Sir Jim, by jetting off to a tax haven on the French Riviera, saved himself an estimated £4bn. It took some brass neck for the expat owner of Ineos and co-owner of Manchester United football club to lecture the country, using inflammatory and offensive language, on the perils of immigration.Where to begin? The statistics used by Sir Jim to back his claim that Britain was being “colonised” by migrants, in an interview with Sky News, were flatly wrong. They were also astonishingly crass, coming from a man who presides over a sporting institution famous for and proud of its global fanbase and international connections.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If yo...
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12.02.26 - 10:24
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Jim Ratcliffe accused of hypocrisy after saying UK ′colonised′ by immigrants (The Guardian)
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Manchester United co-owner, who lives in Monaco, faces growing backlash for using 'far-right narratives'The Monaco-based billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has been accused of hypocrisy and using “far-right narratives”, as a backlash grew over his claims that the UK was being “colonised” by immigrants.Fans called the Manchester United co-owner's comments “disgraceful and deeply divisive”, while Keir Starmer said his claim was “offensive and wrong”, and called on the Ineos chief executive to “apologise immediately”. He added: “Britain is a proud, tolerant and diverse country.” Continue reading......
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11.02.26 - 19:18
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UK ′colonised by immigrants′, says Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe (The Guardian)
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Britain's seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit and then moved to tax-free Monaco, also hits out at people on benefitsThe billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, has claimed that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants.Speaking in an interview with Sky News, Britain's seventh-richest man and the part-owner of Manchester United FC took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants. Continue reading......
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02.02.26 - 15:24
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Parimatch Sets the Pace for 2026 with Renewed Values: Speed, Courage, Power (Cision)
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Parimatch (https://parimatch.global/), the global entertainment and betting company, official partner of Manchester United, UFC, and Leeds United, enters 2026 with renewed ambition, a faster pace, and an updated set of values that define a bold new direction for the brand on the global stage.
In response to the rapidly changing dynamics of the industry, businesses must be able to quickly adapt their strategic goals and the values that drive them 24/7 while sustaining a high-performance tempo. That's why Parimatch has introduced an updated value system: Speed, Courage, Power, designed to...
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