Read that piece in The Sun (I know, I shouldn't, but oh well) about how the PM regrets allowing a devolved response to Covid. All in together would no doubt be popular among many. So I stuck together the rates of death by region and nation of the UK. It's a hard sell here. 
I think "mentioned on death certificate" is probably the better comparison. On most international comparison sites (FT for example) you'll get the within 28 days of positive test data. And that's even more stark, though probably a bit misleadingly so.
The age-standardised death rate will be notably higher in London because of its younger population (and possibly smaller population if there has been a pandemic exodus). But the story is pretty clear, the parts of England that do worst on most things,... did worst on this too.
And that's not a great advert for the alternatives to devolution.
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