Elections delay a ‘slap in the face’

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday called for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to reconsider the postponement of Northern Assembly elections, saying there was no reason they couldn’t be held as soon as next month.

Speaking from Westminster, Mr Adams branded Mr Blair’s decision to postpone the Stormont elections a slap in the face of the Good

Friday Agreement. “It’s as if the rule book of conflict resolution has been torn up,” he said.