The Telegraph goes with his quote: “I am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost” … The Guardian does similar and says the PM refused to answer questions about why the toll is so high … The Mail talks of his “heartfelt message” … And the Sun leads with his tribute to the “fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, and the many grandparents who’ve been taken.” Several papers focus on Johnson’s personal apology and the haunting image of the prime minister bowing his head at yesterday’s press conference. THE PM: There are broadly two types of newspaper front page today. But Downing Street is now pinning its chances of reversing the political narrative on a contrast in which Britain fares much better - praying that the vaccine rollout continues its early success and liberates the country ahead of its European neighbors. The fallout from those horrendous international comparisons may only be beginning.
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Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browserġ00,162: The U.K.’s appalling six-figure coronavirus death toll leads almost every newspaper and news bulletin this morning, as the country’s politicians, scientific experts and voters reflect on Boris Johnson’s insistence yesterday that “we did everything we could.” Three statistics on the Times’ stark front page stand out: Britain has the highest total deaths in Europe, is only the fifth nation to reach the 100,000 milestone, and has a higher death rate per million people than any other country in the world.