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Nigel Farage Preparing to meet the billionaire owner of Manchester United Reform UK doubled it before Christmas Campaign to woo business leaders,
reform leaders will try to win sir jim ratcliffeFounder of chemicals giant Ineos, who has an estimated net worth of approximately £23.5 billion.
Sir Jim, Who has been a staunch critic of Britain’s net zero driveMr Farage, who is also opposed by Mr Farage and Reform, revealed details of the meeting on a podcast.
Talking to The Times The businessHe said Mr Farage had requested the meeting and he had also met the Tory leader Kemi Badenoch,
Sir Jim lashes out at Energy Secretary ed milibandPlans to phase out fossil fuels from the electricity supply this decade and the government’s 2050 net zero target have been described as “absurd”.
And he said the plans would put more than one million jobs at risk over the next 10 years.
“If you look at all the indirect jobs associated in terms of services you could probably multiply it by ten. That’s probably ten million jobs in Europe and three-quarters of a trillion euros,” he told the podcast.
But, despite agreeing with some of Mr Farage’s ideas on the government’s net zero agenda, Sir Jim refused to donate any money towards the improvements.
He said: “I have always been neutral on political parties. I have never had any preference either way. I just want a party that runs the country well. I can’t see myself paying for policies.”
sir jim described sir keir starmer As “a reasonable person” and “a good person”. He added, “I’m not sure his party is easy to manage. But you have to take some difficult decisions and I don’t know if he’s perhaps too nice.”
And he said Britain is a country with “high taxes, high immigration, high crime”, and “if you look at why Trump won on taxes, immigration and the economy, and the current government, for whatever reason, is not working in those areas”.
Asked if he would support Mr Farage, Sir Jim said: “I think most people would support him if he could sort those things out [the economy, crime and taxation],
Reform UK was asked to comment.