Billboard outside Old Trafford takes aim at Jim Ratcliffe after anti-immigration claim

LocalPolitics
13 Feb 2026 • 11:29 PM MYT
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A billboard praising immigrants has been displayed outside Old Trafford after Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe claimed that the UK had been “colonised” by migrants.

He incorrectly claimed that the UK population had risen by 12 million since 2020 - it has risen by an estimated 2.7 million. He has since apologised for his comments.

On Friday (13 February), British protest group Everybody Hates Elon released a video showing the installation of a poster outside the stadium which read: “Immigrants have done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever will.”

Sir Jim has been living in tax-free Monaco since 2020.

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