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In which year did the VPUP, the party David Trimble first joined, disband?

  • 1978

  • 1980

  • 1985

  • 1990

Answer

The VPUP, formally known as the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, disbanded in 1978. It was a political party in Northern Ireland founded in 1972 by a breakaway group from the Ulster Unionist Party. David Trimble, who later became First Minister of Northern Ireland, was an early member of the VPUP before the party disbanded.
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