Jim Ratcliffe - claims the UK is being “colonised”

[The perfect fumble]

Absolutely no surprises Jordan is frothing at the mouth to defend the comments and bring up talking points that are just factually wrong. 'The overwhelming majority of people on benefits in this country are not born here' is just such bollockjs.

It is.

But perception becomes reality if enough people believe this stuff and the gatekeepers of "truth" are themselves discredited.

 

[domalino]

Scruffy clearly forgot that "Manchester" united migrated to Trafford and colonised that.

They consistently point out Newton Heath was largely founded and supported by Irish immigrants working for LYR when trying to play into their roots.

 

[oldius]

I would be embarrassed to have an association like this with my club.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I would be embarrassed to have an association like this with my club.

Loads are. The fan channels are taking most of the backlash as they’re backing away from Sir Scruff and the bots aren’t.

 

[BigJoe#1]

Pretty sure Starmer apologised for his "island of strangers" comment mate

Didn't he say he wasn't aware or didn't realise it was in the speech he was delivering.... ergo blaming the scriptwriters?

 

[M18CTID]

Didn't he say he wasn't aware or didn't realise it was in the speech he was delivering.... ergo blaming the scriptwriters?

No. He said he wasn't aware that his words would be interpreted as an echo of what Enoch Powell said all those years ago, and that he deeply regretted using them and it wasn't right to use them.

 

[SWP's back]

Only read the first paragraph. But isnt he and his companies like ineos and rags doing what he is moaning about. Taking funds out of the UK by avoiding taxes

Let me make it clear the bloke’s a **** and I hate his politics but I have to point out that he is not taking funds out, he’s just not adding funds in, quite legally.

 

[SWP's back]

Tax dodging scruffy ****.

Don’t call me scruffy.

 

[BigJoe#1]

No. He said he wasn't aware that his words would be interpreted as an echo of what Enoch Powell said all those years ago, and that he deeply regretted using them and it wasn't right to use them.

... "not my fault guv'"

“I wouldn’t have used those words if I had known they were, or even would be interpreted as an echo of Powell,” he said. “I had no idea – and my speechwriters didn’t know either.

 

[M18CTID]

... "not my fault guv'"

“I wouldn’t have used those words if I had known they were, or even would be interpreted as an echo of Powell,” he said. “I had no idea – and my speechwriters didn’t know either.

But he didn't say he had no idea the words were in the speech - just that he had no idea how they would be interpreted. However, he did own it by saying he regretted saying them.

I'm not sure why you're calling him out anyway - I'd have thought you'd have agreed with Starmer using those words, given that they broadly square with your own views ;)

 

[Phil1]

He's all about personal gain, he doesn't give two fucks about the U.K.

 

[M18CTID]

I see Burnham's gone in two-footed!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He's all about personal gain, he doesn't give two fucks about the U.K.

This has really made me doubt the moral decency of the petrochemical billionaire.

 

[SWP's back]

I see Burnham's gone in two-footed!

Has he or is this sarcasm?

I think Jim has fucked himself here. He should be hounded out of the game.

 

[HelloCity]

Sir Matt Busby 1968:

''Manchester is me and I am them. My adopted home. For thirty years and more. ‘Busby Busby’ they sing. They have embraced and taken me in. This city that has given shelter with open arms to Catholic, Protestant, Jew and Gentile.

To Irish, Scot, Italian and Pole and so many other immigrants from near and far. All welcomed with great charm and reverence. This murky half visible cotton opolis that is forever engulfed in smoke and mist from the billowing chimneys poking towards dark miserable skies.

My Manchester.

Where people work hard, love their families, drink their beer and adore their football in equal measure. This place of hope that never gave in. Not to poverty, the Great Depression or Hitler’s bombs.

I am going nowhere, for this is my hometown.''

 

[Claytop]

I see Ratcliffe has done the classic apology which isn't really an apology.

 

[babyape]

He's all about personal gain, he doesn't give two fucks about the U.K.

He’s just met with Farage. Scruffy fucker probably wants deregulation for his polluting companies and more tax breaks, which Nige has probably agreed to, should he get into power.

Greedy billionaire claiming to love the country he pays fuck all tax to.

 

[beermusic]

Chelsea fan being xenophobic? Why is this news?

 

[M18CTID]

Has he or is this sarcasm?

I think Jim has fucked himself here. He should be hounded out of the game.

I thought his words were pretty robust

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

That the nationalist genie is out of the bottle and it's not going back, the liberal left has lost control of the narrative, and accusations of bigotry and racism hold no sting anymore.

That’s a wholly binary assertion and is plainly wrong. There are plenty of things that people can (and do) say about immigration which are correctly and justifiably characterised as racist.