The idea however failed to take off as the UDA was unable to challenge the hegemony of the political parties .
It was only in the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party that there existed any sympathy for the notion of independence .
The idea however failed to take off as the UDA was unable to challenge the hegemony of the political parties and it was only in the Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party that there existed any sympathy for the notion of independence .