Durkan and Trimble fight for survival
As early returns last night indicated that Labour Party leader Tony Blair has been returned to Downing Street as prime minister for a historic third term albeit with a substantially reduced majority focus this morning turned to Northern Ireland, where the votes are counted a day later.
With indications of a high turnout for yesterday's elections in the North's 18 Westminster constituencies, the consensus view of strong swings to Sinn Féin and the DUP remained unchanged.
