Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" in English language version.
The Alliance Party was founded on 21st April 1970. Many of the founding members were previously involved with the New Ulster Movement, a pressure group established in 1969 to promote moderate and non-sectarian policies.
The Alliance Party believes in a united community for Northern Ireland. Not the 'two communities' narrative promoted by most other parties, but a vision of everyone in Northern Ireland coming together for the betterment of society as a whole.
The party was set up in 1970 and for many years was Northern Ireland's fifth-largest party overall. It was formed in response to the rapidly worsening violence taking place, known as the Troubles, and originally represented moderate and non-sectarian unionism – but over time, it has come to represent wider liberal and non-sectarian concerns.
This could be achieved by, for example, adopting a more conservative position than Alliance's centre-left liberalism...
But perhaps the most important long-term implication of the results is the accelerating emergence of the third pillar of Northern Irish politics and society: the "neithers", neither tribally orange nor green, identifying not as unionist nor nationalist, not British nor Irish but Northern Irish.
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the Alliance Party, which challenges the traditional Protestant-Catholic division that has defined Northern Ireland since its inception, scored its best-ever result and has now established itself as a genuine third force in Northern Irish politics.
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