Brits point out Rishi Sunak error as PM says he had to go without Sky TV when he was child

Brits have pointed out an error made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as he shockingly and sadly revealed that he had to go without Sky TV as a child.

The UK's current leader sat down with ITV in a candid interview where he touched on a number of topics, with some of his answers provoking reactions from the general public on social media.

Arriving late to the interview, the leader of the Conservative party seemingly complained that the 80th Anniversary of D-Day 'ran over', to explain his tardiness.

The 44-year-old announced on 22 May that he requested permission from King Charles III to dissolve parliament and call a snap general election that will be held on 4 July.

Sunak will go head-to-head with Labour party leader Keir Starmer as the two most likely candidates to become the next Prime Minister of the UK, though the latter is the odds-on favourite following Sunak's heavily criticised tenure.

The Labour party have played on the fact that the Prime Minister enjoyed a wealthy up-bringing throughout their campaign, painting him out to be 'out of touch' with the British public during the cost of living crisis.

Him and his wife Akshata Murty have been estimated to have a fortune of £651 million between them.

However, some people think that Sunak isn't helping himself at all during his election campaign, almost digging a deeper and deeper hole every time he speaks in front of a camera.

The Prime Minister shared his deepest struggles during the interview, and people were not moved. (ITV)

But there was one particular question that has got people talking online, and it all started when he was asked if he had ever gone without anything in his life.

The interviewer asked: "When you are wealthier than the King, what do you do day to day to make sure you stay in touch with the kind of struggles ordinary people face? Have you ever gone without something?"

Sunak replied by speaking about his family emigrating to the UK with little, before being pushed to give an answer about what he didn't have, growing up.

"Lots of things," he answered.

"All sorts of things like lots of people. There'll be all sorts of things that I would've wanted as a kid that I couldn't have. Famously, Sky TV, so that was something that we never had growing up actually," Sunak said, expecting an 'aww' from behind the camera.

He then said: "What is more important is my values and how I was raised. And I was raised in a household where hard work was really important."

The Prime Minister was ridiculed online, more so when it was found that Sky TV began broadcasting in Europe when Sunak was just eight years old, only reaching the UK later on, before becoming a coveted entertainment package by the late 1990s, with six million subscribers across the country.

Rishi Sunak had to make do without Sky TV while growing up, it's a wonder how he survived. (LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Several users took to X, formerly Twitter to openly mock the Prime Minister, whose election campaign is going from bad to worse.

One user posted: "Gutted to hear that he missed out on Brainiac: Science Abuse and Jon Tickle walking on custard."

A second joked: "Everyone, I’m finally ready to tell my story. I also didn’t have Sky TV growing up."

Another said: "I did without Sky TV as a child. Mainly because it didn’t start until 1989."

A fourth said: "Sky…tv. That was his big sacrifice growing up. Going without Sky…. Tv."

Fair to say that his comment hasn't gone well with a large amount of the British population.