The Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, informally known as Ulster Vanguard, was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1972 and 1978. Led by William Craig, the party em
Pass card issued by the Ulster Workers' Council to members for use during the strike, showing the Vanguard emblem.
David Trimble
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William David Trimble, Baron Trimble was a Northern Irish statesman and politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party fr
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
…the Protestants' rejection of power-sharing, it must face the inevitable consequences of a final conflict." As a result, the party was split with only David Trimble and Glenn Barr backing Craig and the other eleven convention members challenging Craig's leadership. Craig however claimed that he had the backing of…
Official portrait, 2018
Trimble with US president Bill Clinton in Belfast, 1995
Trimble in Washington, D.C., 2001
Trimble in 2009