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Protestant Unionist Party

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Stacey Dooley meets the young people who vote for the DUP - BBC Newsnight

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100 years on: How do today’s Loyalist teenagers see their Northern Irish identity?

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N. IRELAND: ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY LEADER DAVID TRIMBLE PROFILE

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Who are the DUP? - BBC Newsnight

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Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ after historic Northern Ireland vote

The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP) was a unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971. It was the forerunner of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and emerged from the Ulster Protestant Action (UPA) movement. It was founded an led by Ian Paisley, who also founded and led the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.