Lockdown North was another country. Lockdown South centre of the universe

 Hi All,

Last month I mused about how we were steadily going into a national lockdown by default and yesterday's Tier restrictions more or less confirm that, because at the beginning of lockdown 2 it was only 'the north' as the London media like to think of the rest of the country outside of London and the Home Counties. Having 'the North' in lockdown- and a lot of it has been continually since March- was perfectly OK, but now that the South East of England is also in either Tier 2 or 3, it's become a national emergency and people are talking about a dictatorship. 

When it was 'the north' in lockdown it was seen as something that was going on in another  faraway country . The reporting by national newspapers was like what you got from people reporting from Peru when a natural disaster happens. Concern for the natives, but smugness that it ain't happening here.  But now it is affecting the South East of England and London the hysterical factor has been notched up by billion. It's as if Northerners can and should have the problems and suffering that comes with a lockdown and it  don't count when it comes to their civil liberties being curtailed or ability to go to the pub. That's them being immature and chippy you see.

Whilst Manchester's Andy Burnham is easily dismissed as a 'chippy northerner' , who is either being 'political' or  should 'get on with it for the good of the country' , for his fight against Manchester lockdown, London's Khan (of the same political party) is seen as one of those brave heroes campaigning for London's right not to be in the worst of all lockdown tiers , as London is 'the heartbeat and economic powerhouse of Britain' with 'millions' of jobs at issue (the north also has millions of jobs). This might explain why London is only in Tier 2, as for government logic it should actually be in Tier 3. It's okay for the North to be in perpetual lockdown, but not the South East seems the logic. 

Sometimes I can see the SNP argument about this country being dominated by 'Westminster'  and it's London bubble.