https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54492682Think it says everything about the UK's approach to this that Manchester's mayor was told the lockdown rules are negotiable, but the financial support package was non-negotiable. Surely that should be the other way round? If the government's scientific advisers say that steps X, Y and Z are necessary to contain the virus, then those steps shouldn't be up for discussion, and the discussion should be about how to mitigate the financial fallout?
I still don't accept that the decision to keep fans out of grounds is anything other than a political one. A token effort allowing them to be seen as doing something, impacting an industry they know a lot of the public won't have too much sympathy for. The only time we've heard the government's scientific advisers talk specifically about crowds at sports venues was back in March, when they said the effect was probably minimal compared to people mixing indoors.