Britain | Northern Ireland
Peace in danger
The result is likely to weaken David Trimble
|BELFAST
WITH Labour heading for another landslide, the general election in Northern Ireland has attracted even less attention in mainland Britain than usual. But its result could rock the Good Friday power-sharing agreement. At worst, Tony Blair would then find that his most urgent task after the election was that of resurrecting the peace process.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Peace in danger”
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