Down and out in London(and Hong Kong)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17611718
Why is it so hard for people to see this? Poverty, often abject poverty is destroying this country, the rich have taken hold, and don't give a dam. The state of the poor is returning to the levels of Dickensian Britain. Big brother, and the law has enabled the ruling class to rule with impunity.
The same can be said for Hong Kong, maybe more so, as HK doesn't even pretend to be democratic, and its leaders tell its people they are too stupid for universal suffrage!