41.   And his party deputy Peter Robinson urged voters to back Paisley rather than the candidate from the largest Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists.

42.   Another small Protestant party, the Unionist Kingdom Unionists led by lawyer Robert McCartney, walked out of the negotiating venue on Monday as a Sinn Fein delegation arrived.

43.   Another Protestant party was allowed back on Monday to the negotiations at Stormont, the center of British administration for Northern Ireland.

44.   As leader of the biggest Protestant party, Trimble heads a power-sharing government with Catholics that includes Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army-linked party.

45.   Another small Protestant party, the United Kingdom Unionists led by lawyer Robert McCartney, walked out of the negotiating venue on Monday as a Sinn Fein delegation arrived.

46.   Aside from the Ulster Unionists, other Protestant parties vow never to talk with Sinn Fein.

47.   Blair hopes David Trimble, leader of the main Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, will find enough to work with in the proposal.

48.   Britain and pro-British Protestant parties refuse to move into full negotiations with Sinn Fein until the IRA discards some of its weapons under international supervision.

49.   Both believe voters would make them the largest Catholic and Protestant parties respectively.

50.   Both loyalist parties approved, but two other harder-line Protestant parties voted against.