He was once dubbed 'the most powerful man in Greater Manchester' - now MP Tony Lloyd says his Covid battle has brought him 'a sense of proper humility'
direct to your inboxIt was March 2020 and Tony Lloyd had returned home from London as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and the country was ordered to avoid 'all unnecessary social contact'.Just a few days later the Prime Minister would declare what, at the time, was an almost unthinkable national lockdown, with a strict ‘stay at home' message.The 70-year-old Rochdale MP had not been feeling 100 per cent, in the days leading up to the announcement that put Parliament - and much of the rest of the country - on indefinite hold.He had been suffering with the ‘flu-like symptoms’ health chiefs had warned were the classic signs of a Covid-19 infection.But the former Police and Crime Commissioner felt he was beginning to improve and there was no