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		</div><p>Drinkers in Liverpool have said they fear the city will head back to the economic levels of the 1980s, as strict coronavirus restrictions were announced.</p>
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<p>Following the announcement on Monday that the six boroughs which make up the city region would face the UK&#8217;s new Tier 3 measures, including the closure of pubs, customers in The Midland on Ranelagh Street accused the British prime minister Boris Johnson of southern bias.</p>
<p>Marty Hand, 60, who was enjoying a pint of lager with a friend, said: “The whole economy is going to suffer because of it and I think Boris Johnson has been totally against the North West area.</p>
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<p>“Everyone in Liverpool is hurt and we feel like scapegoats. This is going back to the 1980s.”<br />
His companion, who did not want to be named, added: “It’s a load of crap.”</p>
<p>Michael White, 70, said students should not have been allowed to return to the city.<br />
He added: “The furlough pay now is two thirds, if this was happening in London it wouldn’t be.</p>
<p>“It’s one law for them and one law for us.”<br />
Another customer who did not want to give his name said: “I’m not going to comply with it, I don’t believe a word of it.”</p>
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<p>Pub managers also described their heartbreak and anger.<br />
James Monaghan, 58, licensee of the Vernon Arms in Dale Street, said his business has not been viable since the 10pm curfew came in.<br />
He told the PA news agency: “We haven’t been at all treated fairly.”<br />
He said the pub, which used to be the favourite haunt of militant councillor Derek Hatton, reduced capacity and put in measures including table service, hand sanitiser and a one-way system after the first lockdown.</p>
<p>Mr Monaghan added: “This sort of breaks your heart a bit because we have done everything right.”<br />
Emyr Barton, general manager of The Railway Tavern on Tithebarn Street in the city centre, said: “There is anger, and I think it’s not even anger at the situation, not at the fact we’re being locked down, I understand that, but I think the first lockdown was an opportunity to get all of this in place so we could live safely alongside this virus, and now this is happening.”</p>
<p>Chef patron and owner of The Art School Restaurant, Paul Askew, said a £40 million fund set up by local government in the Liverpool city region would help many businesses, but said a loss of a quarter of the city’s hospitality industry could be a “conservative estimate”.</p>
<p>The co-chairman of the Liverpool Hospitality Association said: “A lot of people I know are feeling like giving the keys back.</p>
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<p>“You feel like you’re just rolling with the punches, every day seems to have another challenge.”<br />
Although restaurants will stay open, Mr Askew said customer confidence would be affected.<br />
He added: “We have only just built that back up and we need to send a very clear message to our guests, potential shoppers and restaurant-goers that it is safe.”</p>
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