Speaking to ITV News this morning, Andy Burnham has invited Boris up to Manchester to “clear the air” following the week’s rows over the city’s Treasury support for entering Tier 3:

“I would welcome him to come up here now, to clear the air, talk things through; reset things on a proper footing… any time. Greater Manchester has always had a constructive, pragmatic relationship with whatever government of the day and that goes for this one”

How magnanimous. Guido is sure Burnham would be as warm as his tweets this afternoon…