Sorry, it was just a joke. I am neither in the party of people who thought that British overlords were that bad nor that they were detrimental. It's more of a joke that we were a former colony and would be an example of the former overlords coming in and pitying the former colonies.
"Oh, these poor people don't have health care provided for them. Wow, these people have pretty dismal public transport. Did you notice all of the police presence with guns? This is probably a pretty dangerous place."
