Overview

• The Ineos founder and Manchester United co-owner disclosed on The Business podcast that Farage requested the meeting.
• Reporters characterize the planned encounter as part of Reform UK’s effort to court business leaders.
• Ratcliffe slammed UK clean‑energy targets, calling a 2030 fossil‑fuel‑free power system and a 2050 net‑zero goal "absurd."
• He warned of one million direct jobs at risk in Europe’s chemicals sector and cited fresh Ineos cuts, including 60 layoffs at Hull and two closures in Germany with 175 jobs.
• He noted a separate meeting with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and described the UK as "high tax, high immigration, high crime," while calling Keir Starmer "a reasonable bloke."