Blair faces pressure to call NI election

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was expected to hear fresh calls today for an Assembly election in Northern Ireland, despite a dip in mood in the peace process.

Blair faces pressure to call NI election
Wed, 08 Oct, 2003 - 07:08

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was expected to hear fresh calls today for an Assembly election in Northern Ireland, despite a dip in mood in the peace process.

Nationalist SDLP leader Mark Durkan was expected to urge the Prime Minister to press ahead with a pre-Christmas election when the two leaders were meeting at Downing Street today.

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