Manchester United co-owner sorry language ‘offended some’ after immigration comments | BBC Newscast

Billionaire and Manchester United co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has apologised to those who were offended by his comment that “the UK has been colonised by immigrants”. He said this to a journalist at a business summit in Belgium earlier this week.

Sir Keir Starmer, who condemned Sir Jim’s comments has said that he was right to apologise for causing offence. While the businessman was also criticised by Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, and other opposition parties and footballing groups, Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has defended him saying ‘Labour may try to ignore [immigration] but Reform won’t.’

James and Alex are joined by chief football news reporter, reporter Simon Stone.

Plus the BBC’s climate editor, Justin Rowlatt, joins James and Alex to explain the data that says China’s CO2 emissions have been falling for the past year and what it tells us about the trends for global emissions.

00:00: What has happened with Sir Jim Ratcliffe today?

03:03: Sir Jim Ratcliffe making the comment

03:38: Newcast fact checks Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s immigration statistics against those from the Office of National Statistics

09:25: Nigel Farage post a video of support for Sir Jim Ratcliffe

18:37: Global climate analysis

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