Delicate but fierce stalemate in political hotbed of Lower Down

NEWTON'S OPTIC:Polar opposition is the mother of great stasis, writes NEWTON EMERSON

NESTLED BENEATH the Mourne mountains and contempt, the constituency of Lower Down has emerged as a key marginal in Northern Ireland’s tightly fought Westminster race.

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