The Unionist leader called the legislation "deeply flawed" and unfair to his party.

To this day, Graham is often spoken of by Unionist political leaders.

Some Unionist leaders have threatened to boycott the negotiations, though it remains unclear whether they will do so.

And some Unionist leaders seem to be showing more flexibility about their terms for starting talks on breaking the political stalemate.

It is indeed hard to see how any Unionist leader in these years could have acted against such firm convictions to put the national interest first.

Virtually all unionist leaders still insist that some form of suspension is a precondition for talks.

This set off an uproar among unionist political leaders, who noted that no peace settlement was possible without unionists at the table.

That concept is an abomination to Protestant unionist leaders.

"All of us are pretty disappointed with the abdication of responsibility by many unionist political leaders," he said.

By 1920, the theological liberalism of unionist leaders made the entire movement suspect to orthodox members, especially Presbyterians.