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Colin Sheridan: Jim Ratcliffe’s comments a symptom of football's billionaire problem

Remarks that the UK has been overwhelmed by immigration are not just morally egregious, they are dangerous. 
Colin Sheridan: Jim Ratcliffe’s comments a symptom of football's billionaire problem

THAT'S RICH: Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos CEO and minority shareholder at Manchester United, alongside his wife Catherine Polli. Ratcliffe is resident in Monaco. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 - 06:52
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Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

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