He means (I think) that they had not a lot of worldly riches, were poor but didn't feel that way or realize it.
noun Chiefly British Slang.
absolutely nothing; nothing at all:
Those reckless investments left him with bugger-all.
The fact that Liberals and Socialist witter on about poverty highlights the ignorance of education.
Poor people want money and want to improve their lives.
Liberals and socialist despise the lower orders because they do not realise that they dont know what they really want.
Hugh Grant the multi millionaire champagne socialist and supporter of Jeremy Corbyn the millionaire socialist is a example of said degenerate.
Karl Mark, Lenin and Trotsky were never poor and knew nothing about poverty, they have 100 million dead on their hands...fact
And those who support marxists are evil self righteous greedy narcissistic individuals who care for nothing but power.