Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a candid interview with ITV’s Tonight programme, spoke about the sacrifices his parents made during his childhood, emphasising the family’s focus on education over luxury. Among the things his family went without was satellite TV, a notable absence in the Sunak household during the early years of Sky Television’s launch.
“My parents sacrificed lots of things when I was a child,” Sunak said. “I went without lots of things because my parents wanted to put everything into our education.” When asked for specifics, he highlighted, “There are all sorts of things that I wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have, famously Sky TV! That was something that we never had growing up.”