Britain has been ‘colonised by immigrants’ who are costing too much money, says Manchester United co-owner Ratcliffe

Britain has been “colonised” by immigrants who are “costing too much money”, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said.

The billionaire co-owner of Manchester United, who also owns chemicals empire Ineos, called on the country’s politicians to “show some courage” by tackling immigration, welfare dependency and the sluggish economy.

“You can’t have an economy with nine million people on benefits and huge levels of immigrants coming in,” he told Sky News.

"Jim Ratcliffe should apologise"

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