Manchester United co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has issued an apology after claiming Britain had been “colonised” by immigrants who were draining state resources. Ratcliffe made the controversial remarks during an interview with Sky News, where he spoke about what he described as deep political, social and economic challenges facing the UK, including rising immigration levels. “You can’t have an economy with nine million people on benefits and huge levels of immigrants coming in,” he said. “I mean, the UK has been colonised. It’s costing too much money. “The UK has been colonised by immigrants, really, hasn’t it? I mean, the population of the UK was 58 million in 2020, now it’s 70 million. That’s 12 million people.” However, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates t...