>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
Essentially Snobbery rather than deprivation lay at the root of low uptake of sky during its fledging years amongst socioeconomic middle/upper class households.
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*For those who might be interested*
**Excerpt From a recent guardian article**
>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
Essentially Snobbery rather than deprivation lay at the root of low uptake of sky during its fledging years amongst socioeconomic middle/upper class households.
[Source](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/12/the-simpsons-wwf-sky-tv-rishi-sunak-missed)
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