Princes must remember that peasants have matches and we will burn their damned thrones to the ground when we are treated like ignorant slaves.
Every Elite is an air breathing mammal and 'strangulation by peasants' is in their dictionary, or it had better be as of yesterday!
There is only one man who holds power over us and He died for us to keep us free from evil, so anyone else who tries to assume His position had better get out their Bible an start reading as fast as they can.
I imagine that they are aware of that also. This opening counter attack may make the princes send in the enforcers to bring the peasants back into line. If Souter's home is condemned, or even gets to a serious vote, it will start a massive back lash. Of course history has shown repeatedly that doesn't always work quite as planned...