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United christian broadcasters United Christian Broadcasters (UCB); is a Christian charity and a UK Christian media ministry. They aim to broadcast quality Christian radio programming, on digital satellite, cable and the web, to provide and promote the Christian ministry via all media outlets available.
United Christian Democrats The United Christian Democrats is a late christian-democratic party of Italy, born in 1995 by a split, led by Rocco Buttiglione (secretary of the Italian People's Party in 1994-95), Roberto Formigoni and Gianfranco Rotondi, of those members of the Italian People's Party who wanted to enter in alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia.
United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is an united church formed on 1 December 1965 as the "United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman" by bringing the Protestant denominations: the "Presbyterian Church in Jamaica" and the "Congregational Union of Jamaica" together. The "Disciples of Christ in Jamaica" joined on 13 December 1992, at which time the current name was adopted.
United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands The United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands is merged denomination dating from 1968 consisting of the former London Missionary Society (operating exclusively in Papua), the relatively marginal Presbyterian church (largely confined to Port Moresby itself) and the Methodist mission (largely operating in the New Guinea Islands, the western and northern Solomons and the islands of eastern Papua).
United Church Schools Trust The United Church Schools Trust (“UCST”) (formerly the Church Schools Company) is an educational charity founded in 1883 in England. Its principal goal was to create schools for young girls, based on Christian (and particularly Anglican) principles.
United Church, The Chapel on the Hill, Oak Ridge, TN The United Church, Chapel on the Hill is the first church constructed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee upon the initiation of this city as a part of the Manhattan Project. It was originally a typical army chapel, and is still in use today.
United Independent Albanian Trade Unions United Independent Albanian Trade Unions (BSPSh) also known as the Union of Independent Trade Unions and the Independent Confederation of Trade Unions of Albania, is a National federation of Trade unions in Albania. It was established in 1991 and held it's first national conference in February, 1992.
United Independent Left Movement United Independent Left Movement (in Greek: Ενιαία Ανεξάρτητη Αριστερή Κίνηση, EAAK) is a network of left-wing student organisations, being active in 3rd-level educational institutions (Universities - Technical Academical Intitutions) in Greece
United Indians of All Tribes United Indians of All Tribes is a nonprofit foundation based at the Daybreak Star Cultural Center in Seattle, Washington's Discovery Park that provides social and educational services to Native Americans in the Seattle metropolitan area.
United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property The United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI) was an international organization. It was set up in 1893 to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.
United International Pictures United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by Viacom) and Universal Studios (owned by NBC Universal/General Electric), to distribute some of the two studios films theatrically outside United States (including territories) and Canada. It also has rights to distribute films theatrically by DreamWorks (also owned by Viacom) and independent films.
United Investment and Trading Company United Investment and Trading Company (UNITIC), formerly UNIS Holding BiH, is a joint venture company between UNIS Holding and Kuwait Consulting & Investment Co. The company owns and operates the UNITIC Twin Skyscrapers in Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina.
United Iraqi Alliance The United Iraqi Alliance (Arabic: الائتلاف العراقي الموحد; transliterated: al-I'tilāf al-`Irāqī al-Muwaḥḥad) lead by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is the electoral coalition that achieved the most votes in the December 15, 2005, Iraqi legislative election, December 2005 in Iraq. The member groups of the coalition are listed below.
United Ireland A United Ireland is the common demand of Irish nationalists, envisaging that the island of Ireland (currently divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) be reunited as a single political entity. Nationalists have suggested many different models for unification, including federalism, and joint sovereignty, as well as a unitary state.
United Irish League The United Irish League (UIL) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded and initiated on 16 January 1898 at Westport, County Mayo by William O'Brien , initially supported by Michael Davitt.
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (UIF, Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islami-yi Milli bara-yi Nijat-i Afghanistan), also known as the Northern Alliance (term used by the Western media, Taliban and Al-Qaeda), was a military-political umbrella organization of the Mujahideen who had defeated the Communist government and fought against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
United Islamic Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago The United Islamic Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago is an umbrella organization designed to promote and facilitate harmony and co-operation among the smaller Muslim associations in Trinidad and Tobago. These organizations had applied for membership in the Muslim Co-ordinating Council of Trinidad & Tobago (MCC) comprising the "big three" of ASJA, TIA, and the TML in July 1989.
United Islamic Republic In Tom Clancy's fictional book Executive Orders (published in 1996), the United Islamic Republic was a nation formed by the union of Iran and Iraq. In the book, the President of Iraq is assassinated by an Iranian who had infiltrated his bodyguard.
United Jazz and Rock Ensemble The United Jazz and Rock Ensemble developed from a group of jazz musicians that was formed for a 1974 to 1975 television show of SĂĽddeutscher Rundfunk (South German Broadcasting). Almost all future members of "United" were present from the beginning.
United Jewish Communities The United Jewish Communities (UJC) is an American Jewish umbrella organization representing 155 Jewish federations and 400 independent Jewish communities across North America. The UJC was formed from the merger of the Council of Jewish Federations, United Israel Appeal, and United Jewish Appeal.
United Jihad Council Also known as the Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC), this is a group created in the summer of 1994 by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence. It is a collection of thirteen leading organizations under Commander Manzur Shah, the leader of Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, the largest Jihad group operating in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
United Kennel Club The United Kennel Club (or UKC) is the second oldest all-breed registry of purebred dog pedigrees in the United States and the second largest in the world. According to the website, the club records 250,000 registrations annually.
United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction The United Kingdom is one of the five official nuclear weapon states under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has an independent nuclear deterrent. The United Kingdom renounced the use of chemical and biological weapons in 1956 and subsequently destroyed its general stocks.
United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is the governmental response to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It has action plans for the conservation of 391 species, 45 habitats and 162 Local Biodiversity Action Plans.
United Kingdom cabinet committee The executive arm of the United Kingdom government is controlled by the Cabinet, a group of senior government ministers chaired by the Prime Minister. The Cabinet has a group of sub-committees called cabinet committees, which perform most of the day-to-day work of cabinet government.
United Kingdom corporation tax Corporation tax is a tax levied in the United Kingdom on the profits made by UK-resident companies and associations. It is also levied on non-UK resident companies and associations which trade in the UK through a permanent establishment.
United Kingdom Census 1841 The United Kingdom Census of 1841 recorded the occupants of every UK household on the night of June 6 1841. It was described as the "first modern census" in that it was the first to record information about every member of the household and because it was administered as a single event, under central control, rather than being devolved to a local level.
United Kingdom Census 1851 The United Kingdom Census of 1851 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of March 30 1851, and was the second of the UK censuses to include details of household members. However, this census added considerably to the fields recorded in the earlier 1841 census, providing additional details of ages, relationships and origins, making the 1851 census a rich source of information for both demographers and genealogists.
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the public corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of aviation in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1972 following the recommendations of a government committee chaired by Sir Ronald Edwards.
United Kingdom Climate Change Programme The United Kingdom's Climate Change Programme was launched in November 2000 by the British government in response to its commitment agreed at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The 2000 programme was updated in March 2006] following a review launched in September [[2004].
United Kingdom debate over veils The United Kingdom debate over veils began in October 2006 when the MP and government minister Jack Straw wrote in a local newspaper that, while he did not want to be "prescriptive", he preferred talking to women who did not wear a niqab as he could not see their face, and asked women who were wearing such items to remove them when they spoke to him. Straw said he told the newspaper this information to open a debate on the subject, and not because of the upcoming deputy leader election in the Labour Party.
United Kingdom domestic market The United Kingdom domestic market (UKDM) is a term used to describe United Kingdom's market for purchasing things, chiefly automobiles. A similar term, Japan domestic market (JDM) is used to differentiate Japan-only products.
United Kingdom euro coins The UK government has set five economic tests that must be passed before it can recommend that the UK join the euro; however, given the relatively subjective nature of these tests it seems unlikely they would be held to be fulfilled whilst public opinion remains so strongly against participation.
United Kingdom Energy Technologies Institute The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is an energy research and development institute planned to begin operating in the United Kingdom in 2008. It is being set up by the Government following an announcement in the 2006 Budget purpose of the Energy Technologies Institute will be to “accelerate the development of secure, reliable and cost-effective low-carbon] energy technologies towards commercial deployment”.
United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, 1975 The United Kingdom referendum of 1975 was a post-legislative referendum held on 5 June, 1975 in the whole of the United Kingdom over whether there was support for it to stay in the European Economic Community, which it had entered in 1973, under the Conservative government of Edward Heath. Labour's manifesto for the 1974 general election included a pledge for a referendum, so after Labour won under Harold Wilson, the referendum was held.
United Kingdom European Constitution referendum On April 20, 2004, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, announced in the House of Commons that the United Kingdom would hold a referendum on its ratification of the proposed Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe when it was agreed by the European Council.
United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801. The 1801-1802 Parliament was composed of members of the former Parliaments of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 UK general election saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats. The Whigs were divided over their response to growing social unrest and the introduction of the Corn Laws.
United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs.
United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 UK general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial an increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates.
United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 UK general election, fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, saw electoral reform as a major election issue. The Tories won a majority over the Whigs, but division among Tory MPs allowed Earl Grey to form an effective government and take the question of electoral reform to the country the following year.
United Kingdom general election, 1847 The 1847 UK general election saw candidates calling themselves Conservatives win the most seats, in part because they won a number of uncontested seats. However, the split among the Conservatives between Protectionists led by the Earl of Derby and free traders led by Sir Robert Peel left the Whigs, led by Prime Minister Lord John Russell, in a position to continue in government.
United Kingdom general election, 1852 The 1852 UK general election was very close, Lord John Russell's Whigs again winning the popular vote, but once again Conservative candidates won a very slight majority. Again the split between Protectionist Tories, led by the Earl of Derby and the Peelites made the formation of a majority government very difficult.
United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives. It was also the last general election entered by the Chartists, before their organisation was dissolved.
United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 UK general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.
United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 UK general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. Nearly triple the number of votes were cast compared to the previous election.
United Kingdom general election, 1874 In the 1874 United Kingdom general election, the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, won a majority of the votes cast, but Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives won the majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seats.
United Kingdom general election, 1886 The 1886 UK general election took place from July 1-27, 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury in coalition with the Unionist wing of the Liberals won an overall majority in the House of Commons.
United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 UK general election was held from 4th - 26th July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election.
United Kingdom general election, 1900 The campaign for United Kingdom general election of 1900 was held from 25 September to 24 October 1900. Also known as the Khaki Election (the first of several elections to bear this sobriquet), it was held in the midst of the return of soldiers from the Second Boer War.
United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which women could vote. Polling was held on the 14 December 1918, although the count did not begin until the 28 December.
United Kingdom general election, 1922 The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922. It was the first election held after Southern Ireland left the United Kingdom, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John Robert Clynes and a divided Liberal Party.
United Kingdom general election, 1923 The UK general election of 1923 was held on 5th December 1923. The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats, but Labour, led by Ramsay MacDonald and Herbert Henry Asquith's reunited Liberal Party gained enough to produce a hung parliament.
United Kingdom general election, 1929 The 1929 UK general election was held on 30th May 1929, and resulted in a hung parliament. It was the first of only three elections under universal suffrage in which a party lost the popular vote but gained a plurality of seats (the others being 1951 and February 1974).
United Kingdom general election, 1931 The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received a majority of votes cast.
United Kingdom general election, 1935 The UK general election held on 14th November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative seats, while the National Liberal vote held steady.
United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. It was held on 5 July 1945, with delayed polls taking place on 12 July and in Nelson and Colne on 19 July.
United Kingdom general election, 1951 The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held soon after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party won, but with a very slim majority. They called an election on 25 October 1951, hoping to win more seats, but instead lost to the Conservative Party, who were able to form a government, with a workable majority (when the National Liberals were included) of 17, despite gaining fewer votes than Labour (even when the National Liberal vote total was included) and despite Labour polling more votes than in the last election.
United Kingdom general election, 1955 The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under Sir Anthony Eden against the Labour Party under Clement Attlee.
United Kingdom general election, 1964 The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after its predecessor, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had first taken power. Both major parties had changed leaders in 1963: after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, Labour chose Harold Wilson (who was then thought of as being on the party's centre left), and the Conservatives had unexpectedly chosen the Earl of Home as their new leader after Harold Macmillan announced his resignation (Home shortly after disclaimed his title under the Peerage Act 1963 in order to lead the party from the Commons).
United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 UK general election on 31 March 1966 and was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected only two years previously in 1964 had an unworkable small majority of only 4 MPs.
United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their seats.
United Kingdom general election, 1979 The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. In it, the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher defeated James Callaghan's incumbent Labour government in what would prove to be the first of four consecutive general election victories for the Conservative Party.
United Kingdom general election, 1987 The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June, 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. She was the first Prime Minister since the 2nd Earl of Liverpool to lead a party to three successive elections.
United Kingdom general election, 2001 The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed "the quiet landslide" by the media. There was little change at all outside Northern Ireland (which mostly has different parties and a different electoral landscape from the rest of the UK although a few UK-wide parties stand with minimal success).
United Kingdom general election, 2005 The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. In it the Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced overall majority of 66 Members of Parliament (MPs).
United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The UK general election of February 1974 was held on 28 February 1974. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the only election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party, instead producing a hung parliament.
United Kingdom general elections This is a list of United Kingdom general elections since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801-1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
United Kingdom general elections overview United Kingdom general elections overview provides an overview of United Kingdom General Election results since 1922. This 1922 election was the first election in the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, after the Anglo-Irish War had lead to the secession of the Irish Free State.
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (or UKHO) is an organisation within the UK government responsible for providing navigational and other hydrographic information for national, civil and defence requirements.
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 The 1980 "A Song For Europe" contest was held in April 1980 (the same day as that year's budget), at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush. The contest itslef was hosted by a dinner suited Terry Wogan.
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 The United Kingdom's entry into the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest was Love Shine A Light by Katrina & the Waves. During this year the UK won the song contest which was being held in Dublin, Ireland, with an unprecedented 227 points.
United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 The United Kingdom held a national selection to choose the song that went to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Lillehammer, Norway. The selection show was broadcast on digital channel ITV2 and was won by Cory Spedding.
United Kingdom Independence Party The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced // ) is a libertarian free market British political party. The principal aim of the Party is the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.
United Kingdom legislation United Kingdom legislation comes from a number of different sources. The United Kingdom does not have a single body of legislation, but is divided into three states, each with its own laws and legal system: England and Wales (English law), Scotland (Scots law), and Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland law).
United Kingdom local elections, 1973 The first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales and the new Northern Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973. Elections to the existing Greater London Council also took place.
United Kingdom local elections, 1975 Local elections took place for one third of the seats of the thirty-six metropolitan boroughs on May 1, 1975. The seats had previously been contested in May 1973, when the Labour Party had achieved great success.
United Kingdom local elections, 1976 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on May 6, 1976. Elections were for one third of the seats on Metropolitan borough councils and for all seats on Non-Metropolitan district councils in England; and for all seats on the Welsh district councils.
United Kingdom local elections, 2001 Local elections took place in some parts of the UK on the 7th June, 2001. Elections took place for all of the English shire counties, some English unitary authorities and all of the Northern Ireland districts.
United Kingdom local elections, 2003 Local elections took place in various parts of the United Kingdom on May 1, 2003, on the same day as the Scottish Parliamentary and the Welsh Assembly elections. There were local elections for all councils in Scotland and in most of England.
United Kingdom local elections, 2005 Elections for local government were held in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2005 along with the 2005 general election. In addition, the Isle of Wight held a local referendum on the issue of a directly-elected mayor.
United Kingdom Literacy Association The United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom which aims to promote good practice and raise standards in literacy. It was founded in 1963 as the United Kingdom Reading Association, but changed its name in 2003.
United Kingdom of France and Great Britain In June 1940, with French military collapse imminent, Prime Minister Winston Churchill offered a solemn Union to France in which the proposed constitution would establish joint organs of defence, foreign, financial and economic policies. The government of France, under Philippe Petain, did not respond before accepting an armistice from Germany.
United Kingdom of the Netherlands United Kingdom of the Netherlands (or Kingdom of the United Netherlands) (1815 - 1830) (1839) (, and ) was the unofficial name used to refer to a new unified European state created from part of the First French Empire during the Congress of Vienna in 1815. This state, officially called the "Kingdom of the Netherlands", was made up of the former Dutch republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands) to the north, the former Austrian Netherlands to the south, and the former Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
United Kingdom prison population The United Kingdom has one of the highest rates of incarceration in Western Europe: In 2005 an average of 139 people in every 100,000 were in prison (although this is far short of the 714 per 100,000 in the United States).Roy Walmsley, World Prison Population List (6th Ed), 2005
United Kingdom Patent Office The United Kingdom Patent Office is the lead United Kingdom government agency responsible for developing and administering policy in most areas of intellectual property, under the overall aegis of the Department of Trade and Industry. (Some work on copyright policy is shared with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and plant breeders' rights are administered by the Plant Variety Rights Office, an agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).
United Kingdom Special Forces Selection United Kingdom Special Forces Selection is the selection and training process for members of the United Kingdoms three Special Forces formations; Special Air Service, Special Boat Service and Special Reconnaissance Regiment. Members of the SAS and SBS undergo common selection up to the award of a Sand Coloured Beret to SAS Troopers whereupon SBS candidates undergo further selection to qualify as Swimmer Canoeists and SAS personnel undergo further specalist training.
United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation The United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) was a British organisation set up in 1957 to provide the authorities with data about nuclear explosions and with forecasts of likely fallout profiles across the country.
United Labour Party (Armenia) The United Labour Party (Armenian: Միավորված աշխատանքային կուսակցություն, Miavorvats Ashkhatankayin Kusaksutyun) is a social-democratic political party in Armenia. It is led by Gurgen Arsenian.
United Labour Party (New Zealand) The United Labour Party of New Zealand was an early left-wing political party. It represented the more moderate wing of the labour movement, and eventually amalgamated with other groups to establish the modern Labour Party.
United Labour Party (Northern Ireland) The United Labour Party was a minor political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded by Paddy Devlin in 1978 with the aim of being a broad based Labour formation, as opposed to the Northern Ireland Labour Party, which primarily drew its support from Protestants, and the Social Democratic and Labour Party, which Devlin saw as an Irish nationalist party.
United Left (Greece) The United Left (Ενωμένη Αριστερά or Enomeni Aristera in Greek ) was an electoral union formed between the Communist Party of Greece, Communist Party of Greece (int.) and the United Democratic Left (EDA) to contest the 1974 Greek legislative election.
United Left (Peru) United Left (in Spanish: Izquierda Unida) was an alliance of leftist parties in Peru founded in 1980 by Popular Democratic Unity (UDP), Revolutionary Left Union (UNIR), Peruvian Communist Party (PCP), Revolutionary Socialist Party (PSR), Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR) and FOCEP.
United Left (Spain) United Left (Izquierda Unida) is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 during the mobilizations in Spain against NATO. It was formed by several groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was always dominated by the Communist Party of Spain (PCE).
United Left for Cusano Milanino United Left for Cusano Milanino (in Italian: Sinistra Unita per Cusano Milanino) is an electoral alliance, including the local branch of Communist Refoundation Party, in the municipality of Cusano Milanino, Italy.
United Liberal Democrats The United Liberal Democrats was a liberal conservative political party in South Korea, whose support mostly came from Chungcheong region. In 2004 parliamentary election it gained only 4 seats in the National Assembly, and its president Kim Jong-pil announced retirement from politics after his bid for the 10th term in the National Assembly failed.
United Liberation Front of Asom The United Liberation Front of Asom is a separatist armed opposition group from Assam, among many other such groups in North-East India. It claims to have been founded at the site of the historic Ahom structure Rang ghar on April 7, 1979.
United Linux United Linux was an attempt by a consortium of Linux distributors to create a common base distribution for enterprise use, so as to minimise duplication of engineering effort and form an effective competitor to Red Hat. The founding members of United Linux were SUSE, Turbolinux, Conectiva and The SCO Group (formerly Caldera Systems).
United Lutheran Church in America The United Lutheran Church in America (ULCA), established in 1918 with the merger of three independent German synods: the General Synod (Lutheran), the General Council (Lutheran) and the United Synod of the South.
United Macedonian Diaspora United Macedonian Diaspora (Macedonian: Обединета Македонска Дијаспора, Latinic: Obedineta Makedonska Dijaspora) is an international membership organization founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C.

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