Thus after only one week of the new Northern Ireland executive’s existence its head had effectively lost his party, which meant that all three major Unionist parties – the UUP, DUP and Vanguard – were opposed to the entire initiative. Paisley and the other anti-Sunningdale Unionists, who had already formed an umbrella United Ulster Unionist Council (UUUC), were now joined by West and the main Unionist party.
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