These people have far more than what most in the world have: housing, healthcare, education.
No amount of this "faux" poverty justifies this kind of sh**t. Hell, they aren't even *in* poverty by practically all standards.
All poverty is relative, phk. And you have to remember that these Brits have a lot of grit - they don't take ill-treatment lying down like an American.
So the people being ill-treated by these rebels without a clue aren't going to take it lying down. Well, at least that is heartening.