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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 08:14 19 Feb 2026
The "illegal" (they aren't) migrants are an entirely different group. And there aren't really that many of them. They make up less than 5% of immigrants, although that may well be too many.
We accept less Asylum Seekers than many other countries those who genuinely have a good claim should be allowed to stay. The others should be removed ASAP. This isn't easy - especially following Tory cuts to Border Control, and other areas, hugely impacting the issue you point out in your third paragraph. The main solution to reducing the need to deport failed asylum seekers is to stop them wanting to come here.
This is the problem, we're very attractive to them - and not because of our benefits / hotels generosity - they can get that anywhere in mainland Europe. But because we've established a need for them and are happy to pay them. If everyone who has a problem with "illiegal" immigration stopped using Turkish Barbers, Vape Shops, Nail salons, Car Washes, cash only take aways, meal delivery services etc the need and cash disapears and eventually the market will go. If the rise of the right in the polls is correct the same people planning to vote this way are obviously perpetuating migration - they can do something about it today, but won't because they can get cheaper haircuts etc...
Once they are here it is impossible to deport them in many cases, and will be for the forseeable future - despite what Rupert Lowe / Farage / Little Stephen / Ant Middleton says.
You're conflating intergration and assimilation. Society needs to become one community reflecting everyone who legally lives there. When workers were invited to Bradford from Pakistan in the 50's - 70's they shouldn't have been expected to adapt to the civic norms of the area and a community they weren't from, they were needed to prop up the local economy and invited to do this. Proper integration would have allowed this but we expected them to assimilate which they didn't and should not have been expected to do. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 12:10 18 Feb 2026
So you wouldn't walk through an area where there are immigrants? |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 11:20 18 Feb 2026
The two areas are Greenhill and Dyfatty. Home grown scum and paedophiles everywhere.
Why wouldn't you walk along St Helens Road? |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 11:18 18 Feb 2026
I'm referring to colonisation, not the presence of immigrants. I pass the mosque in Brynhyfrhyd too - surely it's better to see the former chapel still being used than turning in to a derelict shell like so many others? |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 11:16 18 Feb 2026
Drive through several times a week. Run about twice. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 08:17 18 Feb 2026
Well his businesses are in Grangemouth, County Durham, Hull, Lyndhurst, Norwich, and obviously Manchester. His HQ is in Knightsbridge.
So I think he was just being racist. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 08:13 18 Feb 2026
Blair (or rather EU legislation) opened the flood gates to other EU citizens that have since gone home, in the main. The problem is the requirement for their labour didn't go home with them. Hence more migration from the developing world, most of whom are here to stay. The demographic is totally different.
Most migrants aren't refugess or asylum seekers, they are either here to work, study or with family. Now, this has seen an increase in numbers but the principal reason for them being here is becasue we need them, we need their labour or money. And they need their families. Asylum seekers are considerably less than 20% of immigrants, so over 80% we need they aren't seeking refuge.
Integration is an interesting one - it goes both ways. The definition is "combining two or more things" . It is not immigrants changing the parts of their culture we don't like to suit us. It's a mutual respect of each others cultures. You seem to mean assimilation, seeing as we need immigrants and are a civilised nation (before we became a bunch of racists) we probably wouldn't attract many if we demanded that and we'd be considerably worse off in probably every way. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 14:13 17 Feb 2026
For the Umpteenth time. Sir Jim didn't say areas of the Uk did he? He said the UK. It hasn't. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 14:10 17 Feb 2026
I'd have to and that is the one area in which immigration would be evident.
My route would take me through Clase, Treboeth, Brynhyfrhyd, Greenhill, Dyfatty, Orchard Street, Kingsway, St Helens Road, Brynmill, Singleton, Blackpill, West Cross and Mumbles.
I could walk back via Derwen Fawr, Sketty, Townhill, Fforestfach, Gendros and Penlan - it would be exactly the same as the walk down.
Only one of those areas is dominated by immigration. Incidentally there are two areas I wouldn't be happy for Mrs Scotia to walk along on her own. Neither of them is St Helens Road. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 14:02 17 Feb 2026
Because in post war Britain there was a massive Labour shortage and demand for Labour saw the UK invite immigration from commonwealth countries. Invite being the important word. We needed them and in many cases still need them. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 09:09 17 Feb 2026
Sir Jim said "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."
He didn't say Burnley, Bradford or Luton. He said the UK. My eyes are open and he's wrong.
If anything immigrants are under represented in positions of power. Swansea has 75 councillors, just 2 are black. Wales has 60 Senedd members just 2 are members of ethnic minorities. I could walk from my house in north Swansea through the city and down to Mumbles pier (probably 15 miles) I'd walk thorugh one street that comprises a majority of immigrant operated businesses. Just one and I could avoid that.
I've been to Bath, Hereford and Cardiff for weekedn over the past 6 weeks. It's no different ot here.
That isn't colonisation. I'm off to Benidrom this weekend, that could be the biggest example of colonisation in Europe. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 08:17 17 Feb 2026
We don't ned to go round in circles."Immigrants" was used in a derogatory and demonstrably false way.
They can be a multitude of immigrant races, some of which may have idenitcal physical or social traits as British citizens - those would not "colonise" anywhere, they wouldn't need to becasue they share the same social construct as Brits. Potentially Austrailians, New Zealanders, Americans and even some European immigrants.
All immigrants are of a different ethnicity but to "colonise" you wish to change culture, language, political representation, traditions etc.
Sir Jim claimed this was happening across the UK and he lumped all immigrants in to this group, targetting those of different ethnicity and not race. Perhaps ethnicism would have been a more specific choice of word but the defnition of racism covers both. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 06:16 17 Feb 2026
What isn't there?
Not a grain of truth in his original comments. There is nothing wrong with his following "apology" clarification, in fact I agree with every word.
His comments are probably the most hypocritical and inadvertantly racist thing anyone has said in public for years, they've made him look like an idiot. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 12:50 16 Feb 2026
It's not my definition it's from the Oxford dictionary and is largely similar in the Equality act. It may be contested but until it's changed Sir Jim's comment was racist. [Post edited 16 Feb 12:56]
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 06:24 16 Feb 2026
Because that's how it's defined. Perhaps, logically at least, that definition may not appear to be correct but racism is considered to be:-
"prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized." |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 19:25 15 Feb 2026
I get that, but you could say the opposite about the vast majority of the UK. Or exactly the same about Benidorm, Ibiza and as Jim is aware Monaco.
Immigration is too high, without a doubt, but we aren't being colonised. |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 17:30 15 Feb 2026
I know JON tongue was firmly in his cheek re Tottenham, but I bet Jim employs lots of non skilled migrants on temporary work visas and pays them a pittance.
I've never been to Old Trafford but I bet these make up a significant number of match day staff. They do at the Swansea.com |
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Reply | Sir Jim Ratcliffe
at 17:24 15 Feb 2026
Nope, totally accurate. I'm not saying immigrants don't live in the area. They do. But the UK is nowhere near being colonised by them.
I didn't run past the hospital. [Post edited 15 Feb 17:26]
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Reply | What a team
at 08:31 15 Feb 2026
Or perhaps he could do something about child abuse perpetuated through the internet?
It's a similar scenario to the OPs post about left wing protests in the Sir Jim thread.
Some child abusers are worse than others. [Post edited 15 Feb 8:36]
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