It does make sense to redistribute, but I would completely understand if people in the North felt aggrieved. The North was locked down and denied extra funding for furlough and the like whilst London and the South were in a lower tier. As soon as London had to lock down, money was made available.
The decision to put parts of the North into lower tiers than London just before Christmas was so obviously a political one made knowing that it would only last a few days.
Northern hospitals have been taking overflow patients from the South, which makes one wonder where any local patients would go if they needed hospitalisation.
At the best of times, the amount of investment in the North is significantly lower than in the South, and there are far more opportunities in London, which also benefits from better transport, better Arts facilities and so much more.
Putting this all together into a bigger picture, Northerners could be forgiven for thinking that it is a one-way street, yet the minute the North get ahead of the South there is immediate levelling - down for the North and up for the South.
This government really couldn't divide people more if it tried. It came to power with a promise to the 'Red Wall' that things would 'level up', yet its record so far has been abysmal.
It would not make sense to keep sending vaccines to areas who are meeting targets faster, and the decision to share them out is the right one I think; but it does seem like a slap in the face to people in places like Yorkshire and Newcastle.