Boris Johnson tells Andy Burnham to obey him or 'people will die' in brutal ultimatum

mirror.co.uk:

Boris Johnson has delivered an ultimatum to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham - telling him to drop his demands for more support for the city or face rising deaths.

Mr Johnson said that every day Mr Burnham held out on the city entering Tier 3 "means more people will go to hospital, more people will go to intensive care and more people will die".

Mr Burnham has not said he does not oppose entering Tier 3, but is demanding furlough support of up to 80% for workers and more support for Manchester's ailing businesses.

The Labour mayor has said that entering into it without these measures would see the city "levelled down". Mr Johnson said: "On recent trends, in just over two weeks there will be more Covid patients in intensive care than at