Why did Boris bury the July SAGE report which suggested that more money needed to be given to the North to compensate for the application of tougher restrictions. I guess it could be because he didn’t want to give us additional funding because his idea of levelling up is much like him calling a no deal an Australian deal, just words.

Not buried very deep if you know about it.

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.

Why should he be perceived to favour either, all people ask for is consistency- the mass testing of schools in London feels like a final slap in the face to me. He was “lucky” that labour were such a mess they gave the tories the northern vote. Labour still seem a mess to me, although better for Starmer being in charge, but the southern bias is sticking out like a sore thumb at the moment, and along with cocking Brexit up their going to lose a lot of seats next time round - and the northern Tory MP’s know it will be them