The Simpsons to WWF: the Sky TV Rishi Sunak would have missed out on

PM has said Sky - once derided by snobs as council house TV' - was among lots of things' he went without as a child

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While scouring his memory for the lots of things" he missed out on as a child, Rishi Sunak plumped for Sky TV as his best example of hardship.

But the prime minister, who attended Winchester College boarding school, did not acknowledge the role that snobbery may have played in that choice. As satellite dishes multiplied across the country, Sky was derided by critics as council house TV" - and many wealthier families demurred from more than four channels.