The clip fuels allegations of cronyism within the current administration.
"This isn't a game. It's about people's lives. This is a national crisis and we won't defeat this virus on the cheap."
“Londoners didn’t cause coronavirus and they shouldn’t be made to pay for it."
It comes after Greater Manchester was offered just £22 million to safeguard residents against new lockdown restrictions.
The Twitter outburst was later deleted - but we managed to save a few copies.
“We took this stand for you, we will carry on fighting for you," Andy Burnham vowed.
This is the remarkable moment Andy Burnham was shown - in the middle of his press conference - that Greater Manchester would be put into a Tier 3 lockdown on Friday, with just £22 million of support from the government.
To kick it off...NHS staff were polled on whether, in recognition of their efforts to fight Covid 19, they would prefer to be given a badge or a snack box.
It is likely to be little more than a symbolic rejection of the government’s plans. MPs are overwhelmingly likely to overturn the amendment when it returns to the House of Commons.
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