Doing Without Sky TV As A Child?

Pittcity Never mind Twix and Haribo. look at his dire attempt to eat a pasty in Cornwall. Nobody holds both ends and takes a bite out of the middle! Had he even seen one before?

kittylester

Joseann

I think you'll find that private school fees have risen by over 500% since Rishi Sunak's time.

This.

Our children went to similar schools as Day Pupils - we could never afford 5 x half that.

Fees are hugely different now.

Like him or not it is unfair to make matters look worse than they really are.

They were about £20,000 when he went. He was a boarder and he tried at one point claiming he got a scholarship. He didn't.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-go-school-how-33015273

Joseann

I think you'll find that private school fees have risen by over 500% since Rishi Sunak's time.

This.

Our children went to similar schools as Day Pupils - we could never afford 5 x half that.

Fees are hugely different now.

Like him or not it is unfair to make matters look worse than they really are.

He also eats Twix and Haribo like common people!!

I don’t believe that Sunak went to Winchester as a boarder but as a day boy. The fees are about half price? Even so for 3 boys to fund still a bit to find out of earned income.

Probably photoshopped but....

He really does flounder when he’s forced to come off-script, doesn’t he? You could see him struggling with the whole concept of having to “go without”.

Grandmabatty

Sky tv didn't exist when Sunak was a child! Apart from his hopeless attempt to empathise with his voter, pay to view tv is a want, not a need. There will be many many people I'm sure, who struggle with heating, feeding and housing their family. Probably sky tv is way down their list.

Yes it did exist when he was a child!

He didn't say this, or even imply it may13 - as Sago said it was twisted by the media.
He was basically saying that children always want things they can't have.

I can't bear the man but if we want the politicians we can bear to be reported correctly then we should extend that to others.

We still do not have Sky or anyother streaming service. Just Freeview, or whatever it is called.

youtu.be/DT1mGoLDRbc

Can Rishi (or Keir) match the 4 Yorkshiremen though?

My boys are about the same age as Sunak. I don’t recall them ever asking to have Sky, it just wasn’t on our radar. We finally got it in 2010 when my youngest was a teenager. I think if we hadn’t had a late baby, we’d never have got Sky!

Quite Joseann.

I think you'll find that private school fees have risen by over 500% since Rishi Sunak's time.

I wish our Sky was only £38 pm

Our children went to a (minor) Public schools - the fees were nothing like £49k pa.

I had to look. The fees for Winchester where Sunak went at 13 are over £49000 a year. Sky's most expensive deal is £38 a month just now so around £450 a year. Not having Sky must have helped so much.

Surely the reason he said they didn't have Sky was because the programme was being broadcast on that channel. He obviously thought it was a relevant comment. As we all realise, it didn't work!

We have never had sky , still don’t, but oh dear poor deprived little Richi. Hearts bleed …….

There was Sky TV when he was a boy. I think he was 10 when it started.

We had it early on so our children were part of the modern world. Our children are similar ages.

Wasn't he once called Dishy Rishi because of his looks? I think that nickname has just taken on a whole new meaning.

I'll stick my head over the parapet and observe that the partial comment that the media have blown up out of context is not Rishi Sunak's definition of hardship. He simply offered it as an example. He cannot help his upbringing any more than I can help mine.
And I'll leave that right there....

petra

Sky was here in the uk when sunak was about 10.
Just when you think he cant put his foot in his mouth any further, he finds more room 🤦🏼‍♀️

My absolute favourite post!

He has form for this do you remember "oh no actually no not working class" from way back?

petra

Sky was here in the uk when sunak was about 10.
Just when you think he cant put his foot in his mouth any further, he finds more room 🤦🏼‍♀️

That made me laugh out loud.

We didn’t have a TV - let alone SkyTV. Where I came from, no one had. Radio was the thing

Sago

I cannot stand the man and think he is a weak PM.

However he never said this was hardship.
He was asked if there things he went without as a child because of his parents paying school fees.

His answer was always going to be twisted by the press.

He had a very privileged background and married into money, it doesn’t make him less qualified to do the job he’s doing.

Of course his answers will be twisted by the press. That's what the press do. He clearly doesn't think fast enough on his feet. He has no comprehension of what life is like for most people in the UK. That is because he had a very privileged upbringing and as you say married well. He will always get caught out.

He cocked up calling the GE, the podium in the rain, D-Day, then hiding away from the press. Now this unnecessary gaff about Sky.

Keir Starmer and Ed Davey are no better. None of them should try to come across as 'ordinary blokes'. The only one who can pull that one off is Nigel Garage and he's not one either.