mtbc | Mancunian resistance to lockdown

Her Majesty's Government wish to place Greater Manchester under the strictest lockdown restrictions and the city's mayor is refusing to cooperate without greater financial support. The city is run by the Labour Party: perhaps they are finally remembering their roots in seeking to preserve people's jobs.

However, their hospital beds are already filling up. What I don't see is what leverage the mayor thinks they have. If you don't give us more money then we will behave unsafely, sicken and die at you? To me it seems optimistic to bet that the blame will not fall on those refusing to implement the public health advice, holding elderly parents' lives hostage to reduce retail and entertainment redundancies.