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Far right bets on disdain for main UK parties

By James Boxell in Birkenhead, England

Published: June 1 2009 20:08 | Last updated: June 1 2009 20:08

At the ESWA sports club in Birkenhead, north-west England, Thursday night is “race night”, with punters crowding round to place bets on virtual horses.

Down in the basement an altogether different kind of race event is taking place. The anti-immigration British National party is holding a party meeting to whip up local support for the European parliamentary elections on Thursday.

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