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Britain's Sunak cites growing up without Sky TV as example of hardship (www.reuters.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] gasgiant@lemmy.ml 43 points 5 months ago (2 children)

His parents were a GP and owned a pharmacy. They just didn't get it for him/them for whatever reason.

They certainly could have afforded it if they wanted to.

There's a massive difference between just not having something as a child and not even being able to afford it at all.

I love these Tory twat stories where they try to relate to normal people. They're so far off the mark it highlights just how clueless they are about real life.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Sky wasn't even launched until he was 9. So a big chunk of his childhood it wouldn't have even been possible to get sky.

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Loads of people - probably most people - didn't have Sky. When did shoveling cash at Murdoch become some sort of minimum entry level for society? Not having a TV would be vaguely interesting, but not having Sky means nothing