As a footnote to the Assembly and Convention periods, it is worth making two points about the Democratic Unionists.

Some Democratic Unionists do precisely this by, for example, listing their active involvement with the Orders on their election literature.

The Democratic Unionists did not participate in the peace agreement negotiations and are pledged to bring down the power-sharing arrangements with Catholics.

Democratic Unionists, like most Protestants in the province, seek to maintain links to Britain.

The alliance turned out to be a gift to the Democratic Unionists.

For the first time since elections to the European parliament began in 1979, it topped the poll ahead of the Democratic Unionists.

But he indicated that the Democratic Unionists wanted delay entering a government until May.

Umma has 101 seats in the 301-seat Parliament and the Democratic Unionists 62.

But the plan failed after the Democratic Unionists demanded photographic proof that the weapons had been destroyed.

The Democratic Unionist sent her packing with advice "to acquaint herself with a greater God".