Rishi Sunak says he went without Sky TV so his parents could afford private school fees

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00:00Rishi Sunak has walked into a fresh row and this time it's all about Sky TV.

00:04After barely recovering from the D-Day debacle,

00:07the PM has come under fire once more for what he said in an ITV interview.

00:11In fact, the exact interview he left the D-Day commemorations for.

00:15When reflecting on the sacrifices his family had to make growing up,

00:18Sunak landed on something quite niche.

00:20What sort of things had to be sacrificed?

00:22Lots of things.

00:24Can you give me an example?

00:25All sorts of things, like lots of people.

00:27There'll be all sorts of things that I would have wanted as a kid that I couldn't have, right?

00:31Famously, Sky TV.

00:34So that was something that we never had growing up, actually.

00:37The PM said he went without, quote, lots of things as a child

00:40so that he could be sent to private boarding school Winchester College in Hampshire.

00:44And as expected, he's faced a barrage of criticism.

00:47There's been huge backlash online and users on X haven't held back.

00:51Not only that, but he apologised for being late to the interview

00:54and blames it on the D-Day events that, quote, ran over.

00:57Incredible, but it just ran over.

01:00So apologies for keeping you.

01:01It's not a great look for Rishi Sudhak coming on top of the suggestion that he's out of touch,

01:07too rich, too uncaring, frankly, to really get what ordinary Britons are going through.

01:12If you remember the other day when he gave his debate performance against Keir Starmer,

01:18the first question was from a woman who

01:20explained just how hard the cost of living crisis has hit her.

01:24Coming on top of stories like that, this really doesn't resonate well with voters, I wouldn't think.

01:29If you want to see the slightly awkward events unfold in full,

01:32the interview is going out on ITV tonight.