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Democratic Unionist Party

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Act of Union 1800

The Act of Union 1800 merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of England and Scotland under the Act of Union 1707) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801. The Act was passed by both the British and Irish parliaments. The Irish parliament had been given a large measure of independence by the Constitution of 1782, after centuries of being subordinated to the English (and later, British) Parliament. Thus, many members had guarded its autonomy jealously, i ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - 1998

1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. 1998 - Events. January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants. January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubl ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - 1971

1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). 1971 - Events. January 1 - British Divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. January 3 - BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom Januar ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - United Kingdom general election 2005

United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Chancellor: Lord Falconer House of Commons Speaker: Michael Martin Prime Minister: Tony Blair Cabinet Government departments Scottish Parliament Scottish Executive Including:

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Politics of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Chancellor: Lord Falconer House of Commons Speaker: Michael Martin Prime Minister: Tony Blair Cabinet Government departments Scottish Parliament Scottish ExecutiveIncluding:

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - United Kingdom general election 1997

United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lords Lord Chancellor: Lord Falconer House of Commons Speaker: Michael Martin Prime Minister: Tony Blair Cabinet Government departments Scottish Parliament Scottish Executive Including:

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - United Kingdom general election 1979

The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. The Conservatives and their leader Margaret Thatcher won and replaced the Labour government. Labour had been in power from February 1974, with James Callaghan succeeding Harold Wilson after his surprise resignation in April 1976. The administration had been a minority government for most of its term, and from March 1977 to August 1978 the government had reached an agreement with the Liberal Party, in a so-c ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Ulster Unionist Party

Political parties Elections The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. Ulster Unionist Party - Party Leaders. Colonel Edward James Saunderson 1905-1906 Walter Long 1906-1910 ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Unionists Ireland

In the context of Irish politics, Unionists are people in Northern Ireland, who wish to see the continuation of the Act of Union 1800, as amended by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, under which Northern Ireland, created in that latter Act, remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Unionists are mostly, but not exclusively, from Protestant backgrounds in terms of religion. In the context of Irish history, the term refers to those who opposed home rule for Irela ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Ulster

Ulster (Irish: Cúige Uladh, IPA: /ˈkuːgʲ ˈulu/) is one of the four provinces of Ireland. Ulster - Geography and demographics. Ulster has a population of just under 2 million people and an area of 24,481 square kilometres (8,952 square miles). Its biggest city is Belfast (Béal Feirste). Six of Ulster's nine counties, Antrim (Aontroim), Armagh (Ard Mhacha), Down (An Dún), Fermanagh (Fear Manach), Lond ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Ulster Defence Regiment

The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 1970, it was designed to replace the controversial B-Specials of Northern Ireland. Throughout its history the UDR was dogged by accusations of collusion with loyalist paramilitaries, many of whose members were also serving UDR soldiers, and had a reputation for brutality and maltreatment of civilians. Brigadier David Millar, the former commandant of the Fifth Battalion (County Londonderry), once admitted that if he expelled any of his soldiers for belonging to an illegal loy ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Loyalist

In general, a loyalist is an individual who is loyal to the powers that be. Two main historical groups of individuals have been specifically called "Loyalists" in English. For Loyalists in the American Revolutionary War, see the main article at Loyalist (American Revolution). The remainder of this article concerns Loyalists in the United Kingdom. Loyalist - Loyalists in Northern Ireland. See also: Ulster Loyalist A loyalist in Northern Ireland is another name for a Unionist who f ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Abortion in the United Kingdom

Abortion has been legal in England, Scotland and Wales since 1967. At the time, the legislation was one of the most liberal in Europe. Abortion in the United Kingdom - History. Abortion had been historically legal under common law in England, Scotland and Wales. Under English common law, abortions prior to 'quickening' - when the fetus could first be felt to move by the pregnant woman - was thought to be morally and legally acceptable. Under Scottish common law, abortion was defined as a criminal offence unless pe ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Abortion in Ireland

The subject of abortion has had a controversial history in Ireland, and remains a controversial subject today. Abortion in Ireland - Constitutional Issues: Ireland & the Abortion Debate. At independence, the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act remained in force, maintaining all abortions to be illegal and subject to punishment. In response to the 1967 legalisation of abortion in Britain and the subsequent rise in the numbers of Irish women travelling to Britain each year to obtain an abortion, ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Bob Jones University

Bob Jones University Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private, non-denominational, Christian, Fundamentalist, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1927 by Bob Jones, Sr., an evangelist and revival-preacher, it is the largest private liberal arts university in South Carolina. The university is not acredited, partly ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Belfast

Pro Tanto Quid Retribuamus "what shall we give in return for so much" Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. It is the largest city in Northern Ireland, of which it is the capital. In the 2001 Census the population within the city limits (Belfast Urban Area) was 276,459, while c.800,000 people live in the Greater Belfast area or Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area. The city is situated at the south-western end of Belfast Lough, a long natural inlet ideal for the shipping trade that made the ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Ulster Loyalist

A resident of the British controlled territory of Northern Ireland who supports continuing Northern Ireland's membership in the United Kingdom and opposes joining the Republic of Ireland. The Loyalist community is almost entirely Protestant and are mostly the descendants of loyalist English and Scottish protestant settlers sent to the Irish province of Ulster during the 17th and 18th centuries by England to create a loyalist protestant base in Ireland. Upon Irish independence in 1921, the six counties of Ulster with a slim Protestant majority opted to stay out of the independent Irish Free State, later the Republ ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - Anglo-Irish Agreement

The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which aimed to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The treaty gave the Irish Government an advisory role in Northern Ireland's government while confirming that Northern Ireland would remain part of the UK unless a majority of its citizens agreed to join the Republic. It also set out conditions for the est ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia - David Trimble

The Right Honourable William David Trimble (born on October 15, 1944) is a Northern Ireland politician, who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the first First Minister of Northern Ireland. He shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. He is married to his former student Daphne Orr and has four children. David Trimble - Education and Early Career. He was educated in Bangor, County Down, and at Queen's University, Belfast. He qualified as a ...

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Democratic Unionist Party: Encyclopedia II - Orange Order - History and origins

Orange Order - Roots. The Orange Order was founded in the 1790s, but its roots go back to conflicts arising out of the creation of English and Scottish Protestant communities in Ulster in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the Plantation of Ulster, lands were seized from the native Irish and Catholic population and "planted" with Presbyterian settlers from the Lowlands of Scotland and Anglicans from northern England. This included many of the infamous border Reiver clans. Small numbers of Gaelic-speaking Highland Sc ...

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Orange Order, Orange Order - History and origins, Orange Order - Roots, Orange Order - Foundation, Orange Order - The Battle of Garvagh, Orange Order - The Defence Of Crossgar, Orange Order - Battle of Dolly's Brae, Orange Order - The Twelfth, Orange Order - Requirements for entry, Orange Order - Religion and Culture, Orange Order - Political links, Orange Order - Related organisations, Orange Order - The Orange Order throughout the world, Orange Order - The Ulster Tower, Orange Order - The Orange Order in Canada, Orange Order - Flag, Orange Order - Orange Charities

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