Belfast Lord Mayor facing defeat after Spellar snub

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan was today facing a knife-edge vote over his decision to boycott events involving a British government minister.

Belfast Lord Mayor facing defeat after Spellar snub
Tue, 02 Sep, 2003 - 07:03

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan was today facing a knife-edge vote over his decision to boycott events involving a British government minister.

The nationalist SDLP mayor was heading towards an embarrassing defeat at tonight’s city council meeting over a motion from hard-line Unionists condemning his plans to snub events involving Northern Ireland Office minister John Spellar.

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