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Ineos Grenadiers owner Jim Ratcliffe apologises for 'choice of language' after saying the UK is being 'colonised by immigrants'

Jim Ratcliffe at the launch of Ineos in 2019.

The owner of Ineos Grenadiers, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has apologised for his "choice of language" after he claimed that "the UK is being colonised by immigrants".

The billionaire, founder of the Ineos petrochemicals group, made the comments in an interview with Sky News, released on Wednesday evening. After criticism, including from the British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, he apologised for offending people, but did not retract his comments.

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