Quote: wotsupcas "You guys really do want it both ways don't you? If he was perceived to be favouring the North it would be "he wants to look after the blue wall" and because he's perceived to be favouring London we get all this inverted snobbery crap.'"
While he keeps London "open", the press will go a little easier on him - it's not difficult.
The numbers in some parts of London have been significantly higher than Yorkshire but, the criteria (no of hospital beds etc) has allowed those areas to be kept in the lower tier.
The grief for increased restrictions will, as always, be deemed worse when it affects those in the Capital and the home counties.
Unfortunately, London and other areas are at a point now, where the Government will have to act.
