One Virus, Two Englands

After a weekend of wrangling, Johnson has announced a three tier lockdown. Does this pandemic policy punish the North for Westminster failures? Plus, John Ashton on whether Merseyside was right to accept the highest lockdown restrictions and former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on why he believes it’s time for the prime minister to be replaced. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani

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