953 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, the highest, grimmest total yet: the highest single day toll in Spain was 950, in Italy, 919. This is absolutely horrific, a national catastrophe, and yet most of the media still isn& #39;t asking the government tough questions. Why?

It is possible to wish Boris Johnson a full recovery without declaring that him leaving intensive care means this "really is a Good Friday" when nearly a thousand people are dying every day, inflicting misery on their loved ones, with the government having big questions to answer

It& #39;s also the *tone* of the media& #39;s coverage. Rather than focusing on the fact this country is in the grip of a national catastrophe without precedent since WWII and asking how we got to this point, the tone is "The government& #39;s got this, their masterplan is paying off!"

(There& #39;s conflicting reports about whether the highest death toll in Italy was 919 or 971: either way, both were diabolically high death tolls and were rightly covered here as unimaginable national catastrophes. So why not here?)