To be honest the media have reported everything poorly. The 3 week cycles were always a chance to review and decide, so it's good that Johnson is following the rules to a certain extent albeit contrary to some of his previous words.
This demonstrates it quite well. Look at Burnley, Blackburn, Oldham, Rochdale, Halifax, Dewsbury, Bradford.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=47574f7a6e454dc6a42c5f6912ed7076
The growth in case numbers just might not be the same. There might be more to it than just Eid tbf but that looks on the face of it like the key driver, why not close pubs and restaurants?
I see Leicester is still in lockdown
That is all to do with Eid, make no mistake. Hence the very specific advice. Oldham had a spike of cases, the council spokeswoman said 70% of them were Pakistani / Bengali.
I know a bloke who follows Union. We went to a Hertha game a few years ago which was a good craic, Friday night, good atmosphere, good beer. No hassle.