UUP are more, erm, conventional. They're personality-wise more amenable to the Tories. On the other hand, the individual MPs were probably more liberal and more inclined to vote their conscience than the party whip.
DUP are a bunch of street-fighters. If they do a deal, they'll deliver all eight votes on the deal. But check your pocket when you shake hands and make sure your wallet's still in there.
On actual policies, the DUP are more socially conservative than UUP, but not necessarily more right-wing on economics (their views are simple: cut taxes, spend more, get GB to pay for it).
But the big thing is that UUP are (well were in 1992; the modern UUP are different) from the social élite and DUP very much aren't.
I suspect the net impact is that you pay more to get a deal from the DUP, but they will deliver on the deal, and the (old) UUP couldn't be relied on to get all their votes out.
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DUP are a bunch of street-fighters. If they do a deal, they'll deliver all eight votes on the deal. But check your pocket when you shake hands and make sure your wallet's still in there.
On actual policies, the DUP are more socially conservative than UUP, but not necessarily more right-wing on economics (their views are simple: cut taxes, spend more, get GB to pay for it).
But the big thing is that UUP are (well were in 1992; the modern UUP are different) from the social élite and DUP very much aren't.
I suspect the net impact is that you pay more to get a deal from the DUP, but they will deliver on the deal, and the (old) UUP couldn't be relied on to get all their votes out.