Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Group Calls for Ratcliffe to Step Down Over Empire Remarks
The Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Club says comments made by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe during a BBC interview about the UK and its imperial past were “completely unacceptable.”
Manchester United’s Muslim supporters’ club has called on the Premier League club’s co-owner, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, to step down following remarks he made in a BBC interview about the United Kingdom and its imperial history, according to the Guardian.
The Manchester United Muslim Supporters’ Club (MUMSC) described Ratcliffe’s comments as “completely unacceptable,” the Guardian reported.
In the interview, Ratcliffe characterised the UK as a country “on the slide” compared with a past era when it held “the greatest empire in the world,” according to the report.
The Guardian did not provide further detail in the excerpt on the full context of Ratcliffe’s remarks or on any response from Ratcliffe, Ineos or Manchester United to the supporters’ club’s call for him to resign.
Ratcliffe, the billionaire founder of the chemicals company Ineos, is a co-owner of Manchester United.
Sources
- Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit — The Guardian — World
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