No new dawn on North's tight political pitch
Voters in the North have to make do with a narrow range of choices within traditional allegiances
A WEEK away from polling day, there are misty patches over some likely results. But it is clear that a break with the traditional electoral stand-off between two major forces – as looks certain in Britain – is not even a Northern mirage. If the Alliance party is ever going to be the British Lib Dems, or even the Labour Party, it is taking its own sweet time.