Aid was delivered by helicopter after vehicles could not get onto the beach Getty ImagesDowning Street was accused last night of giving a misleading impression of the support given to Anguilla in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Residents of the Caribbean island criticised the use of a photograph on No 10’s Twitter feed on Friday of a floating platform bearing military vehicles launched from a relief ship, with the caption: “RFA Mounts Bay is delivering disaster relief.”This was because the pictured vehicles and others were unable to disembark from the landing raft because of difficulties with moving sand. Instead they had to be floated back to the ship and the relief transported to the island via helicopter. Josephine Gumbs-Cooms, an Anguillan barrister, said of the photograph: “It is a message that makes them [the UK government] look good,…

Source: The Times September 10, 2017 23:03 UTC