In fact,his grandfather, a former prime minister, helped form the party.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

However, Mr Nesbitt, who helped form the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland with the former Prime Minister Brian Faulkner in 1974, warned that new parties don't always work "because people don't always follow".

BBC: Northern Ireland

In 1981, after he had left the European Commission, and the chance of leading the Labour Party and becoming prime minister was long past, he helped to form the Social Democratic Party.

ECONOMIST: Roy Jenkins

F. and now the head of a yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, helped Bennett form the Jewish Home Party.

NEWYORKER: The Party Faithful