The comment is clearly directed at one distinct set of people who see fit to
boast when at the same time the guy sitting next to them will be on 30 days
notice and earning £42/hour. The daily newspapers would find that
intersting!
You don't read newspapers very often do you?
Your average reader would view £42 per hour as £1500 per week! I can't see that many builders on their tea breaks, or office workers on the crowded train commute to work, or retirees worried that immigrants are getting more in benefits than they get in pension, are really going to express outrageous indignation or a call to arms at a wage of only
£42 per hour!
It is a market. Supply and demand set the price. If you don't like the price find a better market, or hang on to your product or service until the market maybe moves in your favour.