QUOTES OFTHEDAY

“We have to protect the health of the nation but let’s do it as one nation, and not make the north of England the sacrificial lamb for an ill-thought-through Downing Street policy which doesn’t make sense in the real world. People are fed up of being treated in this way, the North is fed up of being pushed around. We aren’t going to be pushed around any more”

- Greater Manchester Mayor Andy

Burnham, above, accuses the Government of treating the North

with contempt after a bitter row erupted over proposed coronavirus

lockdown restrictions.

“Time and again it has been shown that it is better to act earlier than to act too late. I am not willing to put Londoners’ lives at risk and we must do all we can to minimise economic damage. I know these further restrictions will require Londoners to make yet more sacrifices, but the disastrous failure of the test, trace and isolate system leaves us with little choice”

- London Mayor Sadiq Khan responds to the news London will be

moved into Tier 2 lockdown.

“Under any circumstance, our fishermen should not be sacrificed for Brexit. If these conditions are not met, it’s possible we won’t have a deal. If the right terms can’t be found at the end of these discussions, we’re ready for a no-deal for our future relations”

- French President Emmanuel Macron warns Boris Johnson he will not allow French fishermen to be sacrificed for the sake of a postBrexit trade deal between Britain and the EU.