Sir Jim Ratcliffe got himself in trouble for saying that mass immigration had led to the UK being “colonised”. Sir Jim was attacked by a pitchfork-waving posse of Left-wing virtuosi, including our pious, preening prelate of a Prime Minister, who said the billionaire industrialist’s remarks were “offensive and wrong” because Britain was a “proud, tolerant and diverse country”. Under a media barrage, Sir Jim offered a partial apology – he was sorry if his language “has offended some people” – although the majority of Britons, who quietly supported Sir Jim’s remarks I reckon, are far more offended that every single week now seems to bring some fresh horror story which proves mass immigration is making our country worse.

In 2024/25, we spent £4.9 billion on the asylum system alone – equivalent to the income tax and National Insurance contributions of more than 600,000 average wage British workers. You know, those poor saps who get up, go to work and who don’t have a lot left at the end of the month; people who would never be able to afford a 4-star hotel room of the kind we routinely offer the young men who have broken into our country, plus spending money. Choose what word you like for this heartbreaking decline, but “colonised” wouldn’t be far off. Why should we be browbeaten into tolerating that kind of “diversity”?