Jim Ratcliffe

Founder and Chairman, INEOS

Jim Ratcliffe
64
HEAVY COPE
Deflector Scapegoat: Energy costs / hostile business environment

Latest Incident

Latest: GB News — scored 42 (scapegoating) on 2026-08-12

Score History

Cope Entries (14)

AI-generated score

42
GB News scapegoating
"The North Sea has lots of oil and gas left but has been extremely poorly managed by Government, which has scared off investors."

AI-generated score

78
thisismoney.co.uk scapegoating
"Ratcliffe criticises UK energy policy as 'utter madness' driven by 'idealogues', calls the windfall tax irrational, and says he prefers investing in Trump's America over Britain."

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75
OilPrice.com scapegoating
"Jim Ratcliffe claims Europe and UK's energy policy is 'all over the place' and damaging economic growth and industrial competitiveness by neglecting energy and industrial sectors."

AI-generated score

64
OilPrice.com scapegoating
"Jim Ratcliffe claims growth in an economy is highly correlated to competitive energy prices, calling it a huge issue for national security."

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72
GB News scapegoating
"Jim Ratcliffe criticises UK energy policy as incoherent and moves investment to the US, citing need for proper energy security and fiscal regime"

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87
Brave scapegoating
"Sir Jim Ratcliffe warns the UK and Europe that their approach to energy policy is misguided, while announcing expanded investment in US fossil fuel extraction."

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68
Brave scapegoating
"Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe is prioritizing US investment over European/UK investment and criticizing UK energy policy."

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70
City AM scapegoating
"Ratcliffe claims economic growth is highly correlated with competitive energy prices and that current UK/EU energy policy is damaging national security and growth prospects."

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68
BM Magazine scapegoating
"Supports the removal of carbon taxes and promotes the exploitation of UK shale gas as a means to mitigate the costs of net zero policies on industry."

AI-generated score

50
centredevils scapegoating
"Ratcliffe is displaying passion by making a substantial €4.5bn investment to help things become better."

AI-generated score

50
centredevils deflection
"Ratcliffe is displaying passion by making a substantial €4.5bn investment to help things become better."

AI-generated score

50
BBC News scapegoating
"Claimed that the United Kingdom had been "colonised by immigrants.""

AI-generated score

62
Hydrocarbon Processing scapegoating
"Questioning whether Project ONE will be the final petrochemical investment in Europe."

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78
INEOS scapegoating
"The UK's energy policies, specifically the halt on new North Sea licenses and the Energy Profits Levy, constitute 'wilfully self-harming' and 'ideological political vandalism' rather than a coherent transition strategy."
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