• gasgiant@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    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.

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      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.

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      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