Rishi Sunak said he had to go without Sky TV as a kid and was mocked into next year – 17 funniest and totally on-point responses

Just when you think Rishi Sunak’s election campaign can’t possibly get any worse, the beleaguered PM goes and opens his mouth and, well, you can guess the rest.

This time it was his ITV interview with Paul Brand – you remember, the one for which he left the D-Day commemorations early to rush back to the UK.

And boy was it worth it! No, seriously, was it worth it?

Not if this clip was anything to go by, in which Sunak was asked if he could relate to peoples day to day struggles. Sunak said he went without lots of things as a kid and – pressed repeatedly to name just one of them – he came up with this.

‘There’ll be all sorts of things that I would have wanted as a kid that I couldn’t have – famously Sky TV’@RishiSunak reveals the sacrifices his parents were forced to make when he was young

Watch full interview on the Tonight programme on ITV at 7pmhttps://t.co/WN3WqEFirH pic.twitter.com/6XNLBJdMM8

— ITV News (@itvnews) June 11, 2024

And it prompted no end of mockery. These people surely said it best

1.

‘You think you had it bad – I didn’t have Sky TV’ pic.twitter.com/fpNNyOx8jg

— Toby Earle Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) June 12, 2024

2.

If only my parents had cancelled Sky TV – they too could have afforded the £3030 per month Winchester College fees … https://t.co/bqs2VIkZ12

— Trumpton (@Trump_ton) June 12, 2024

3.

This is so moving. Rishi Sunak had to go without “sky TV” growing up. I hope this now silences the haters who finally realise why it was so important the PM left D Day early. He had to tell his truth. https://t.co/KaHnzwTerh

— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) June 12, 2024

4.

I once skipped D-Day to tell voters who are struggling to afford food that I grew up without MTV Cribs pic.twitter.com/9LJK2dbLbV

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 12, 2024

5.

The panic in the eyes; the frantic mental scramble to think of anything he had to do without. Finally he has to say something. “Sky TV” Will have to do. Even though in its first few years, only the poshest families had Sky. It’s exquisite. His “fields of wheat”. https://t.co/PaGU8vLePu

— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) June 12, 2024

6.

As a boy Rishi Sunak would print this off and sellotape it to his TV screen. pic.twitter.com/LaCe6ekhnb

— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) June 12, 2024

7.

Please sir, I want some more channels #dishysunak pic.twitter.com/YtJxJoGZ5m

— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) June 12, 2024

8.

I thought he was talking about going without the basic Sky package, but he was actually talking about a failed takeover of BSkyB. https://t.co/eZT2DrFWf8

— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) June 12, 2024

9.

“Now say you had it tough as a kid because you didn’t have Sky TV!” pic.twitter.com/MsjuJtVtpO

— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) June 12, 2024