ORF like everything else on here, you are only really being given one side of the coin. You are probably already aware, but I will start with the basics. Over here many things are devolved down to the national parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Health is one of these, so Labour are responsible for health in Wales, SNP in Scotland etc
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/coronavirus-lockdown-rules-four-nations-uk
As can be seen from this Boris is deemed on here to be "a butcher" yet little Miss Perfect (Nicola Sturgeon) is almost incapable of doing anything wrong, yet whilst England is now deemed to be late locking down, Labour (Wales), SNP (Scotland) and Northern Ireland locked down on the same date,
There has been criticism of moving untested people into care homes. It would seem that in Scotland patients who had tested POSITIVE were sent into care homes. In Scotland the NHS gets the blame, in England (and probably the rest of the UK) BJ gets the blame.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/fury-elderly-patients-moved-care-22531776
I'm sure England has made many mistakes in dealing with covid. Nearly all of these have been replicated by Labour and SNP in Wales and Scotland. England also has numerous disadvantages, which no one seems to take into account.
https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release1a/rel1asbfig8.pdf
There seems to be a fairly direct link between population density and deaths. Unfortunately England is the most densely populated large country in Europe.
Obesity makes people vulnerable. We seem to have one of the highest rates of obesity too. the effects on BAME communities are still being looked into too.
We are 20 miles from France, and a vast hub of international travel. The bug also seems to thrive more at certain cooler temperatures, which are more likely to be found in the UK than other places. New Zealand seems to be 1000 miles from anywhere. Aus has much higher temperatures and 3 people per square kilometre, as compared with 407 in England. I know you don't all live in the outback, but you have massive advantages over us.
As for "the clowns", they really are making a hash of some things, though they are not being helped by many people. Of course we will never know, but in my opinion this set of clowns will still do a better job than the other set (Corbyn, Abbott, McDonnell etc).