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Boris Johnson moved Greater Manchester area into the highest tier of local lockdown, setting in motion a war of words and press conferences with mayor Andy Burnham. Tensions spilled over as an extraordinary series of negotiations over a lack of financial support for businesses and workers spilled over in public, with Burnham was branded the “king of the north” as he attempted to defend Manchester from Westminster’s “punishment”.
Jennifer Williams of the Manchester Evening News and Manchester university politics professor Rob Ford join Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to unpack a week in which the PM also decided to pick a fight with England forward Marcus Rashford, and hold a somewhat phoney war with the EU.
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