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Tue 06 Jun 2009Robinson must hold his nerve as DUP supremacy challenged

ANALYSIS:The Allister performance has turned up the heat on the DUP, writes GERRY MORIARTY,Northern Editor

JIM ALLISTER put up a strong taunting challenge to Peter Robinson in the King’s Hall count centre in Belfast yesterday, and it is now for the First Minister to decide how to respond.