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.
Fuck the Tories.
Also I don't like the title "Battle of" for this. The police arrived prepared and set about attacking civilians. That isn't a battle. That's police brutality.
The miners stuff is always framed as a battle between the state and unions rather than what it was. The oppression of working class people.