Unionist Party

British

noun

(formerly, in Northern Ireland) the major Protestant political party, closely identified with union with Britain. It formed the Northern Ireland Government from 1920 to 1972 See also Ulster Democratic Unionist Party Ulster Unionist Council

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Democratic Unionist Party leader Gavin Robinson said his party would not vote for the remedial order, citing a range of reasons.

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"To this end I will not be offering my name for leader of the Ulster Unionist Party," he said.

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Mike Nesbitt is to stand down as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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At the time, the Ulster Unionist Party leader Mike Nesbitt said: "This universally popular figure deserves the highest praise the nation can bestow, and a knighthood is just that."

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When the newly-established Northern Ireland Executive re-convened after Christmas on 11 January 2000, the Ulster Unionist Party's Environment Minister Sam Foster referred to "the lack of consistency in flying the union flag on government offices on Christmas Day".

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