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Re: Coronavirus
Welcome to 1984.
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Quote from The Sun: MANCHESTER could be forced into a Tier 3 lockdown today despite city leaders rejecting the plans in a huge battle of the North.
The city is set to be slapped with the strictest restrictions even if No10 cannot come to an agreement with northern leaders.
Dominic Raab said this morning it would be a "last resort" to do it without their support, but warned action was needed to tackle the Covid infection rate.
In a blistering attack on Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Mr Raab accused him of trying to hold the Government "over a barrel" and said they'll keep powers to push Northern hotspots into lockdown "in reserve".
It comes after a furious Mr Burnham rejected the Tier 3 plans yesterday, saying they were being used as "canaries in the coal mine" and jobs in the North were being "sacrificed to save them elsewhere".
Boris Johnson is also poised to announce a Tier 3 lockdown for Lancashire and the North East today, as the Foreign Secretary told Mr Burnham the Government wouldn't let him "pull up the drawbridge".
Mr Raab told the BBC this morning: "We'll hold in reserve the ability to (impose measures on Manchester).
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Imposition by dictat is likely to go down like a lead balloon.
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