Rishi Sunak says he went without 'lots of things' including Sky TV as a child

In an interview with ITV due to be broadcast on Wednesday evening, Rishi Sunak says he went without 'lots of things' as a child, including Sky TV.

Sunak was pressed in the interview by the ITV journalist Paul Brand to give examples of things he didn't have a child to which he replied: 'There’ll be all sorts of things that I would’ve wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually.'

Sunak defended his upbringing, however, arguing that he was raised to appreciate hard work: 'My parents worked very hard for what they had and they wanted their kids to have a better life'


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[ony]

Sky TV didn't come out until he was 8 years old, that's why he went without.

[philipcowling]

As a child, Sunak went without Sky.

Meanwhile, under Sunak's watch, 4.3 million children are living in relative poverty and often go to school without food to eat

[Slash]

He only had 2 chauffeurs at one point, i feel for the poor chap

[catalinacurio]

Duh, we are going without dentists!!!

[hhtftbq]

So never went without food or sitting without the heating on then, it was not having Sky TV, he is so out of touch.

[StratsRUs]

He's gone without empathy all his life.
Laughs all the way through.

[soapytowel]

You could see him scrambling to think of something he went without while growing up & came up with Sky TV, what a joke this guy is!

[robertgrisman]

How about working full time in public service and having to choose between eating and heating my home during winter? You have no idea and to use your example of having to go without Sky TV is yet another insult to your voting public!

[traceydelap]

Millions of poor people work very hard also to keep this world functioning .

[davidblight]

Unbelievable, there are children in this country now who don't have food, beds, clothes for school, decent housing etc.

[David-miil]

Rishi just give it up mate. “He’s already dead” springs to mind.

[SD-rnfn]

No one's listening SUNAK, close the door on the way out .

[monkeyboy]

Sunak previously said he doesn't have any working class friends, but pretends to understand their hardships - watch his YouTube video on working class friends.

[allanashton]

Sunak went without Sky Television. Children today still going to school hungry. No comparison is there!

[AMK]

Unironically, as a kid, you were impressed if a house had Sky TV. Even the remote was cool.

[vinify]

"I went without Sky TV" this is going to get memed to the nth degree.

[Kruppe]

Aww, poor little Rishi went without Sky, how awful for him. How he must have suffered. People now who struggle to pay energy bills and could never afford Sky anyway, must be so sympathetic.

[petersaunders]

Ah Diddum's. We do not have Sky TV even now!!

[ianmangham]

LOTS OF THINGS "SKY TV" LOTS OF THINGS 😮

[hazelabraham]

Poor rushi so hard up bringing no sky tv, millions of people had nothing and he is whining how pathetic he needs to look around and see how hard it is for poor families