...your lighting operators aren't quite as quick as you'd like to think?
At Manchester? You're joking right?
No such luxuries up there. Its up to the ground controller to manipulate their own lights if they have the time. I always tried to do it just to keep familiar with the panel for when it was needed in low vis, but there are times when it will just be all greens.
I had AFR once taxy from A in front of the engine test bay, make a hard right through the light aircraft park in the dark, then make a hard left on C. The mind boggles.