Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, faced criticism after mentioning not having Sky TV as a child as an example of hardship. Despite his statement, many pointed out the stark contrast between his privileged upbringing and the struggles faced by millions in the UK, such as poverty, food insecurity, and lack of access to basic necessities.
The Treasury (when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor) blocked plans to give poorer kids laptops so they could keep learning at the start of lockdown. So while he claims that he went without Sky TV as a child, millions of children couldn’t learn during lockdown. https://t.co/dFuAoJkic5
Sky TV, camcorders and other signs you were loaded in the 90s Rishi Sunak has revealed his family - somehow - survived without Sky TV in order to pay his Winchester fees 25 years ago @LauraCraik Laura remembers a more innocent time https://t.co/NNWxmRaNYl
#SocialMedia reacts to #UK #PM #RishiSunak's 'no #SkyTV' #childhood, #video goes #viral https://t.co/OJr37AiXaS
Rishi Sunak has shared how he had to sacrifice Sky TV in order to attend Winchester College 💸But how much do those things cost? https://t.co/MhuYM60YSe https://t.co/MzBYSGM4dz
British Prime Minister #RishiSunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than King Charles, says he went without “lots of things” as a child, including Sky TV, when asked if he was in touch with the struggles of ordinary people. https://t.co/jfrtL3PTMl
🚨🇬🇧SUNAK: I WAS SO POOR WHEN I WAS A CHILD…I DIDN’T EVEN HAVE CABLE TV @RishiSunak : “There were all sorts of things that I would have wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have. Famously, Sky TV. That was something that we never had growing up actually.” Today, Sunak and his… https://t.co/jvgTb2nO0C https://t.co/b2L3CDQRJN
#RishiSunak's Response To Childhood Sacrifices Has Internet Talking: 'Sky TV....' https://t.co/9kawkCrap7
Sunak says his family sacrificed Sky TV to pay his school fees https://t.co/ZaeTMf0RDc via @isabellaaward https://t.co/fZD021G6ef
Rishi Sunak "went without" sky TV. 1,000,000 children in Britain live in destitution.... (Without food, shelter etc.) https://t.co/InepmJnmgd
🇬🇧 Rishi Sunak has said he had to sacrifice all sorts of things as a child "Can you give an example?" Suank: "All sorts of things, like lots of people, all sorts of things, famously Sky TV" https://t.co/ciqUcXXII7
Opinion | Poor Rishi. Imagine the privation. Imagine the grinding suffering of not having access to Sky One when you were growing up There are at least 2,800 food banks in this country. People out there are going without much worse than satellite television 🖋️ @IanDunt https://t.co/51nh8s6QpE
Rishi Sunak's Tells Of Deprived Childhood.... When He Had No Pay TV Channels The British PM didn't have $80 a year for Sky TV, but spent $45k+ on 1 year at Winchester College. Education > Entertainment? https://t.co/sD4TvBerV2
Forget waiting months for NHS treatment, families using foodbanks, struggling with the cost of energy, parents working multiple jobs, mouldy bedrooms and the humiliation of benefits assessments. Rishi Sunak is a true man of the people because he didn’t have Sky TV for a bit. https://t.co/27nBZsI6Qk
Sunak (richer than the king) says he sacrificed, “lots of things” growing up, such as Sky, which had started when he was 10, in an exclusive prep school. He was soon shunted off to private school, and on to Oxford. Hard to imagine where poor boy missed Sky TV. Is he lying?
As someone of a similar age to Sunak (he's a year older than me) I had Cable TV growing up because it was a lot cheaper than Sky. While I had a good childhood and didn't want for anything — my parents would never have been able to afford school fees for Winchester even if we… https://t.co/sS54BTiZhF
In parallel universe. Rishi Sunak said he went without “lots of things” as a child growing up in the UK - not having Sky TV as an example. Under his govt 17.8m adults have income less than £12,570. 300,000 a year die waiting for hospital appointment. https://t.co/GxdbLFgtcN
Asked if he ever went without something growing up @RishiSunak says “We never had Sky TV” In other news 14 million people now live in poverty, millions destitute, a million adults can’t afford to eat every day & 9 million skip meals & cut back on food https://t.co/8mGbwL0tKW
Rishi Sunak’s idea of sacrifice: not having Sky TV. One of the pillars of inequality is the privileged refusing to understand how privileged they are. This self-pity of the rich underpins the Conservative project https://t.co/mEw7AnvFck
Nobody had satellite television when Sunak was growing up. It wasn't commercially available until 1989.
'Rishi Sunak, we asked 100 members of the audience what did you go without when you were a child... you said "a Sky dish"': Social media users mock PM's attempt to explain how he's in touch with ordinary people https://t.co/EaKgt5VXpB https://t.co/hTgem1TodU
ITV release clip from the Sunak interview and wow, just wow.. He hurries in, apologising and complaining that the 80th Anniversary of D Day “ran over”. Holy shit. Later he talks of his own sacrifices growing up. He didn’t have Sky TV… What a fucking prick. https://t.co/nHFptti2xM
Rishi skipped the D-Day celebrations to tell ITV News he didn't have Sky TV as a kid. https://t.co/MYfOWMXBaI
In a country where people regularly have to choose if they should heat or eat, we are now told that Rishi knows our suffering... For he went without Sky TV! https://t.co/V50TnCzRc5
Rishi Sunak says he knows what it’s like to struggle as he didn’t have satellite TV as a kid How did this grotesque, pampered Marie Antoinette failed fool of a man ever get near power? https://t.co/nywmFhubIS
This Sunak story - what on earth (again!) was he thinking? I went to private school and only one kid in our year had Sky TV. It’s not exactly food banks, is it. https://t.co/RGLnt71WAR https://t.co/WwwGE1Csak
Rish: I Didn’t Have A Dish. Rishi Sunak recalling not having Sky TV as a kid when asked what hardship he’s faced - seriously - is today’s @DailyMirror splash. https://t.co/7UNpn8iIdD
🇬🇧 Rish: I Didn't Have A Dish ▫Rishi Sunak whines he didn't have Sky TV as a kid in interview he skipped D-Day for ▫@johnestevens ▫https://t.co/EX5CPVkiFO 👈 #frontpagestoday #UK @DailyMirror 🇬🇧 https://t.co/5Uj0P2Y5sZ
Rish: I Didn’t Have A Dish. Rishi Sunak recalling not having Sky TV as a kid when asked what hardship he’s faced - seriously - is today’s @DailMirror splash. https://t.co/bb6B4Hqtyo
"People shouldn't vote on the basis of somehow imagining that he doesn't care about the cost of living." Rishi Sunak has stated that he went without "many things" as a child while growing up in the UK, using Sky TV as an example. @iromg https://t.co/XEQz4Ix0JO