UK voted to sell itself out to rich people with mobile capital when they decided to stop being a manufacturing country and start being a finance country. That started in the 1980s and hasn't stopped since (witness Labour only ruling when they became "New Labour" stripping out all the too-Laboury bits). Plus it's hard to feel bad for people who reaped the benefits of colonizing half the world not too long ago.
Not to mention people in London usually complain about the wealthy Russians and Saudis these days
Not to mention people in London usually complain about the wealthy Russians and Saudis these days