Jim Ratcliffe
United Kingdom
business
Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe is a British billionaire, chemical engineer, and businessman. Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the INEOS chemicals group, which he founded in 1998.
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Sep 22, 2026
Lean Right
Ratcliffe's Ineos suspended production at key UK plants, blaming UK natural gas prices twelve times higher than in the US.
The right points to this as proof that progressive energy policies destroy industrial jobs, using the UK as a cautionary tale against the Green New Deal in the US.
Sep 22, 2026
Lean Left
Ratcliffe's Ineos is suspending production at key UK plants, citing gas prices twelve times higher than in the US.
For the left this is a preview of the transatlantic deindustrialization trade-off, where climate ambition gets blamed for energy costs that policy choices actually created.
Sep 20, 2026
Far Left
Manchester United's Muslim supporters' club called on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit after he made 'completely unacceptable' comments on the UK and empire in a BBC interview.
Ratcliffe's imperial nostalgia and billionaire arrogance are exactly the kind of unaccountable elite power the left opposes, and the fan campaign shows grassroots pressure can work.