But on Sky News this morning, Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said Burnham didn’t find out about the £22million live on TV, claiming he told him about it around two hours before the press conference started.
When asked by presenter Kay Burley if he thought Burnham was ‘showboating’ for the cameras, Jenrick said: ‘I am not the slightest bit interested in point scoring. This isn’t about personalities or press conferences on the steps of town halls.supports HTML5 video‘In the end, it’s about an important public health situation and it’s about ensuring the people of Greater Manchester now get the support that they deserve.
‘They can come to me today and we can start making the same arrangements as we are now doing intensively with Merseyside, Lancashire and other parts of the country.’ Manchester City Council leader Richard Leese shows Burnham a text setting out terms of the tier three lockdown
Political brinkmanship... Nah, we've never seen that anywhere before... £350m a week extra for the NHS, anyone?
The validity of this “story” is reliant on a Tory telling the truth. We all know that’s hugely unlikely.
It’s becoming more apparent Burnham & Khan are colluding behind the scenes to screw everybody up.
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