Katrina - You're on your own, Britain's told

In his haste to condemn America, Mark Townsend, makes a glaring error.

British families trapped in New Orleans last night claimed that US authorities had refused to evacuate them as Hurricane Katrina approached the city.

Wrong! That would have been the mayor's authorities.

Yes, the effect was they were still abandoned, but Townsend is trying to make you think it was Bush's fault. It wasn't.

When this is over, the mayor and the governor are going to have a lot to answer for.
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