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Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe UK is ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’to quit
the headline was changed:
Jim Ratcliffe: says the UK is a country ‘on the slide’ from days when it had world’s ‘greatest empire’
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Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration.
Ratcliffe’s latest attack on the UK comes seven months after he told Sky News that the country was being “colonised by immigrants ”.
The billionaire told the BBC’s Big Boss Interview he believed the UK was in decline from the days when, he said, “we were a great people”.
Ratcliffe has also been at odds with Manchester United fans over the summer after the club embarked on a ticket-touting enforcement action that revoked 685 season tickets.
In response to the billionaire’s criticism, the government said it was working to deliver growth and that business investment had increased in the last two years.
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Ratcliffe and has resided in Monaco since 2020, said Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration. Unfortunately, at the moment, I think the UK is on the slide.
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Co-owner of Manchester United says Britain is in decline because of high taxes and immigration.
The co-owner of Manchester United Sir Jim Ratcliffe has described the UK as being a country “on the slide” from the days when it had “the greatest empire in the world”.
Ratcliffe’s latest attack on the UK comes seven months after he told Sky News that the country was being “colonised by immigrants ”. He later said he was sorry if those remarks had “offended some people”.
The billionaire told the BBC’s Big Boss Interview he believed the UK was in decline from the days when, he said, “we were a great people”.
“And the good thing about those people who create wealth is that they then spend that wealth in the economy in which they’re resident.”
While the UK’s tax level has risen to its highest level since the second world war at about 35.3% of GDP, the Office for Budget Responsibility says it remains well below the average of 14 western European economies.
Ratcliffe has also been at odds with Manchester United fans over the summer after the club embarked on a ticket-touting enforcement action that revoked 685 season tickets.
The business owner was already unpopular among the Old Trafford faithful, ever since he decided to increase ticket prices and sack 450 club workers.
In response to the billionaire’s criticism, the government said it was working to deliver growth and that business investment had increased in the last two years.
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