<br><br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>Keir Starmer </strong>British Prime Minister, demanded <strong>Jim Ratcliffe,</strong> one of the owners <strong>Manchester United, </strong>apologize for comments stating that the United Kingdom is <i>"colonized"</i> by immigrants and who are depleting the country's resources.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">In an interview with Sky, the British tycoon, one of the richest businessmen in the country, stated that<i> “You cannot have an economy with nine million people receiving aid and a high level of immigrants.”</i></p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><i>"The United Kingdom was colonized, it is costing a lot of money. It was colonized by immigrants, wasn't it? The population of the United Kingdom was 58 million in 2020, now it is 70 million," he said.</i> Ratcliffe added. A fact that is not true, since the country's statistics office estimates the population at 67 million in 2020 and 70 million in mid-2024.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><span class="content-free-html "><span class="block-element container-center"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="es"> <a href="https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2021690318500897255"/> </blockquote> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">In view of this, Starmer wrote on his social networks: <i>"Offensive and wrong. The UK is a proud, tolerant and diverse country. Jim Ratcliffe must apologise."</i></p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">During the interview, Ratcliffe spoke about Starmer himself and the state of the British economy. <i>"I think Keir is a good man, I like him, but he has a very difficult job and I think very difficult things need to be done to get the UK back on track. At the moment the British economy is not in a good place."</i> said the businessman, who has a permanent residence in Monaco.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">The United Muslim group denounces</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Manchester United's official Muslim group released a statement in response to Ratcliffe's words and said that this is language used by the far right and that they are<i> "Very worrying."</i></p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><i>"Manchester United is a global club built on diversity. The strength of our club and our country lies in diversity. We support all communities that reject racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate in all their forms and call for leadership that unites rather than divides."</i> added the aforementioned group.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Ratcliffe, through his company, INEOS, one of the most important chemical companies in the world, acquired 27.7% of Manchester United on December 24, 2023, in a transaction that aims to direct the situation of the English club after years of drift and continuous criticism of its ownership, in the hands of <strong>Glazer American family.</strong></p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">Justifies unpopular measures at United</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">In the more than two years that Ratcliffe has been at United, he has carried out a policy of cuts that has involved <strong>the dismissal of more than 400 workers, </strong>take away the pensions of club legends like <strong>Sir Alex Ferguson </strong>and eliminate some benefits for workers, such as being able to eat for free in the sports city's canteen.</p> <span class="content-related content-border related-double " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="related-double-module-container "> </span><span class="related-double-module-container "> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><i>"I was unpopular at Manchester United because of the changes I made, but I think they were for the better, in my opinion. I think we're starting to see some evidence of that. But I think there are similar problems in the country. If you want to deal with big problems like immigration, with people asking for help instead of working... If you want to deal with that, you're going to have to take steps that are unpopular and require courage." </i>Ratcliffe stated.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/> </div><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script>